On reddit you have a large portion of logged in users that all have their own front pages, and active subreddits, and active comment threads. On HN you basical

On reddit you have a large portion of logged in users that all have their own front pages, and active subreddits, and active comment threads. On HN you basically have people that have showdead on and those that don't and a few small comment threads going on at the same time. It really is not accurate to compare the two.