I never used Reddit so I can't speak to its demographic. When I first used Digg heavily (back in the good ole' days of 2005) I noticed a trend forming where ev

I never used Reddit so I can't speak to its demographic. When I first used Digg heavily (back in the good ole' days of 2005) I noticed a trend forming where every story Kevin Rose submitted hit the front page. So I wrote up a short blog post with my findings and my concern for the future utility of the site if this trend continued. (This was before the front page was littered with dick and fart jokes). So I took my little blog post and did what any geek would do: I submitted it to Digg! What followed was a rash of insults and attempts to hack my blog (one successful attempt). It was then that I realized (in general) the types of people frequenting the site, and knew the honeymoon wouldn't last long. When I came to HN I saw something right away that concerned me. There was this guy named 'nickb' whose submissions dominated the front page. "Oh noes, here we go again" I thought, "He must have started the site or something." I still don't know who nickb is but I realized after time that his submissions tend to rock hard tasty abs, and thats why he gets upmodded so often. Sure, pg's articles hit #1 every time, but thats because they're interesting, not because of his celebrity. This little anecdote explains one reason I like HN over Digg (and probably Reddit). I think it explains it better than the pic on Flickr, but I may be biased. =]