Re:Ask dang: How many HN comments per day do you read?
by firebones on Thursday May 12, 2016 @11:22PM
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Don't forget the obligatory 18-comment critique of the OP site's design choices regarding page size, font, color scheme, and scrollbar and/or back button hijacking, not to mention hosting and CDN critique. It's common enough to warrant its own segregated meta thread for every post to keep it out of the on-topic discussion.
Re:Ask dang: How many HN comments per day do you read?
by ep103 on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @05:59PM
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I get the distinct feeling we're getting more and more of reddit's overflow. If anyone knows any other websites like, HN, I'd love to hear about them.
Re:Ask dang: How many HN comments per day do you read?
by kbart on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @03:21AM
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I'm here for almost 4 years now, and I see this comment probably once a month. For such large and diverse community as HN, it is doing exceptionally well.
Re:Ask dang: How many HN comments per day do you read?
by mintplant on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @03:16AM
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Lobste.rs is like HN but smaller and more closely-knit. Mail me if you want an invite.
Metafilter doesn't have the same technical focus and has a markedly different overall tone, but is pretty much immune from the "reddit effect" due to a lack of upvotes/downvotes, good moderation, and one-time $5 signup fee.
Too often comment chains devolve into nitpicking, pedantry, and into off-topic discussion where two people fight tooth and nail for Internet Points.
From a technical perspective I get little or nothing from them, and from a discussion standpoint there's little reason for me to spend my time watching people nitpick each other over things that nobody in the community cares about.