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HN is new comer friendly in the sense that making an account is very low friction and the community culture does not discriminate against new users. The commun
by brudgers 4y ago
HN is new comer friendly in the sense that making an account is very low friction and the community culture does not discriminate against new users.
The community culture tends to discourage behaviors that are ubiquitous elsewhere on the internet and there is a correlation between new users and the ordinary internet behaviors the HN community tends to discourage.
The tendency of HN community culture to encourage things that are not ordinary behaviors on the internet is a way in which new users are often successful.
I think a healthy way to understand downvotes is as feedback on the quality of my writing. Maybe I wasn't clear. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe I was saying something stupid, useless, mean-spirited, etc. I think that view has improved my writing.
Your mileage may vary.
- ulrischa 4y agoFor me this is more frustrating than twitter.
- brudgers 4y agoTwitter fosters some behaviors that the HN community does not usually encourage. Some people find that a feature, not a bug. Others don’t, of course. HN culture is not focused on discouraging new users, but it is not for everyone.