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I've always just described HN as a more focused version of a sub-reddit with a start-up/technology/engineering angle.

• dingnuts 1y ago
  careful comparing the orange site to Reddit; you'll anger the natives
  • tech234a 1y ago
    See also: the last paragraph of https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    • pedalpete 1y ago
      Lol, thanks! :) But I wasn't saying it was "turning into reddit", just saying how to explain it to an outsider.
• fishmicrowaver 1y ago
  it's basically what digg should've been