I use HN as a news aggregator, where there is often great value in the comments. Another (mostly) aggregator site has fewer active posters and DM, so it feels "

I use HN as a news aggregator, where there is often great value in the comments. Another (mostly) aggregator site has fewer active posters and DM, so it feels "social" in the old fashioned sense. I have gotten to know people there. IMO, Mega-sites are not social at all because the users are no more than pawns, and their contributions have no significance, (except for "celebrities" ), whereas at a smaller site, anyone can contribute real value, despite the site being mostly an aggregator.