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Thank you for your response. It is a real question. I am a passive reader for over 2 years (not in tech, not in media, not very opinionated. Just trying to lear
by veryluckyxyz 12y ago
Thank you for your response. It is a real question. I am a passive reader for over 2 years (not in tech, not in media, not very opinionated. Just trying to learn from others' wisdom). I have never read anything on reddit directly. The news of sama leading a $ 50 M made me wonder about the differences. And this is the only place I know to ask.
Apologies for the wrong signal I sent by creating an account and immediately asking the question.
Thanks again for your response!
- timrosenblatt 12y agoIt's ok. Sometimes people just post garbage or spam, which is why new accounts are displayed in green, so we know to be cautious :) Reddit is more of a general-audience kind of thing. It's like CNN or BuzzFeed, but the key difference is that anyone can go in and create a new group ("subreddit") to discuss whatever they want (hence the value of the community, and the potential for advertising & marketing). This ad-marketing potential is likely what's causing people to put money in. To me, HN could be thought of as a single subreddit focused on tech-startup-business. I see political things and other non-tech-startup-business things on here sometimes, but that doesn't appear to be the priority.
- coralreef 12y agoAbout 30 seconds on the homepage of Reddit will tell you exactly how its different from HN.