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I use both, and treat them slightly differently. I'm a lot more passive with my commenting on HN. When I do my comments tend to be better thought out, but I'll

by lojack 11y ago

I use both, and treat them slightly differently. I'm a lot more passive with my commenting on HN. When I do my comments tend to be better thought out, but I'll often have an opinion on something and choose to not comment for various reasons. Maybe my opinion was a bit too harsh, maybe others have a similar opinion and have already voiced it in their words, or maybe I realize its off topic. IMO this is both a good thing and a bad thing. Sometimes I find myself not commenting when I could truly contribute to the discussion. On the flip side, there's also a lot less noise when trying to filter through the discussions.

mod 11y ago
Strangely, I find I'm quite the opposite--rarely contributing on Reddit, fairly regularly on HN. Probably because I'm interested in quality discussion and generally more knowledgeable about the topics here. I'm also not impressed by typical reddit humor (pun threads, meta-jokes, purposeful mis-reading of comments). I really like the AMAs and other than that I mostly stay out of reddit comment sections. Conversely, on HN, comments are the whole reason I'm here.