the people on HN much nicer then on other forums. That's a common belief, but I've noticed that Reddit has recently been giving higher-quality comments than HN

the people on HN much nicer then on other forums. That's a common belief, but I've noticed that Reddit has recently been giving higher-quality comments than HN. Take a look: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5745707 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5745707 vs http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/1es4pf/soylent_the_powdered_healthy_food_substitute_just/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/1es4pf/soylent_t... The Reddit comments are either positive, or they're skeptical in a way that doesn't try to force their opinion on you. They say things like "Hey, I noticed no one at Soylent seems to have a background in nutrition" rather than "I beg you, don't fund these guys! What they're doing is inherently dangerous." (The latter was actually a very common theme in the comments here about Soylent.)