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I think this is the same vibe that keeps HN going. We all collectively want to have place with high signal-to-noise. Of course moderation plays a part here as w

I think this is the same vibe that keeps HN going. We all collectively want to have place with high signal-to-noise. Of course moderation plays a part here as well. But I also self-moderate, deleting my own comments a minute after posting them if, seeing them in place, they seem too stupid. I just don’t know that a place like HN could keep its standards without a place like Reddit; and I’m worried that Bluesky may need the troll haven of Twitter to keep existing, so Bluesky can keep its place for better behaved discourse. Maybe it’s an eternal question for social media: which September will be the September that never ends?

andybak 2y ago
> But I also self-moderate, deleting my own comments a minute after posting them if, seeing them in place, they seem too stupid. I thought it was just me doing that. I need to do it more. :(
- MattPalmer1086 2y ago
  Same here! I do appreciate the vibe at HN and I want to keep it.
subsection1h 2y ago
> I just don’t know that a place like HN could keep its standards without a place like Reddit Yeah. A year or two after the first version of Ubuntu was released, someone on a Debian mailing list complained that Ubuntu didn't deserve the attention it was getting. A long-time Debian user or developer replied and said Ubuntu was the best thing to happen to Debian in years because Ubuntu was Debian's idiot filter. I didn't fully realize how true that was until I watched the Arch Linux community receive a huge influx of Ubuntu refugees who seemed to be switching to Arch solely to participate in the Arch subreddit's meme culture.