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Hacker News is definitely better than scrolling in tiktok for countless hours, or watching the perfect life of an "influencer" on Instagram.

• endisneigh 4y ago
  it's really not. there are very smart people posting things on both tiktok and instagram - and there are plenty of dumb takes on here. go on "new", for instance. you can also scroll for hours on here.
  • DeathArrow 4y ago
    True, but the percentages are different. Signal to noise ratio is way better here.
  • blackpill0w 4y ago
    It is. As far as I can tell, Hacker News is not designed to be addictive, the site doesn't push 10 seconds clips to keep you scrolling, if you find something interesting you stay otherwise you leave, there is no algorithm to recommend the best article for you. There are no groups/pages to subscribe to, the threads get pushed by the users. I believe this is infinitely better than the way Instagram or Tiktok work, sure you can find interesting people there too but you'd have to put up with an uncomfortable amount of nonsense and I don't know if you're really willing to make that sacrifice when better alternatives exist.