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HN is, at least in theory, a place where being polite when giving feedback is the norm. Reddit, on the other hand, is a place where humour and rudeness is not o
by corin_ 13y ago
HN is, at least in theory, a place where being polite when giving feedback is the norm. Reddit, on the other hand, is a place where humour and rudeness is not only expected, but wanted by the majority.
- hkmurakami 13y agoin the mainstream subreddits, yes. But in the more niche ones, the discourse is civil if not heartwarming (I frequent the bicycling subreddit, personally)
- corin_ 13y agoSure, I just meant within the same 99% that minimaxir was talking about regarding the adverts. (I've found plenty of friendly people in sports, gay and classical music sub-reddits myself.)
- jlgreco 13y agoReddit ads are pinned to the top of the page but allow comments. HN ads float with the rest of the links, but don't allow comments. Either has their pluses and minuses.
- gus_massa 13y agoIn HN they don't float. They go down slowly in a deterministic way. (Perhaps the details of the algoritm have changed a little.) From http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html#12may11 http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html#12may11 : > Now instead of being ranked by points, jobs simply start at position 4 and slide down the page at 4 positions per hour.
- anthracis417 13y agoAnd HN is a place where short articles and comments lacking depth are not only expected, but wanted by the majority.
- 59nadir 13y agoIs that so? I personally go to HN for the comments, mostly. The articles themselves are just fuel for discussion, as I see it. Then again, I only use the daemonology Hacker News Daily as well, so I'm hardly seeing all of it.