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Reddit is significantly more popular/successful than HN even for tech. HN is its own little world and that’s fine.

• hostyle 10mo ago
  Popular isn't necessarily good, and success can be measured in many different ways.
  • IAmBroom 10mo ago
    But to exclude popularity from the definition of success is highly atypical, at best. "My son is a successful artist, and like Van Gogh he's only ever sold one piece of art in his life" said no mother ever. Now post mortem, Van Gogh has certainly "enjoyed" more success, by many peoples' rankings.
    • ssl-3 10mo ago
      It is certainly true that one of the ways in which success can be measured is sales. What is Y Combinator's HN selling? Are they successful in that effort?
      • jacquesm 10mo ago
        HN isn't selling anything, but without HN the founder feed would likely dry up (or maybe not, now they have critical mass) and eventually of course they're selling stock.
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