Actually, I feel just the same way about HN. You have to spend a lot of time on HN to follow the development of conversations and have to get in early to accumulate karma. I'm happy with HN as a somewhat glorified newsfeed with interesting topical commentary from coders but as a place to actually engage with people the pace is too fast (i.e. like a newsfeed) and the subject matter too limited in scope, at least given my interests.
Aye. Just wanted to let you know I did read your comment. Just a few days later :)
No submission I make gets any traction.
Any story I find interesting already has 500+ comments. If I add a comment, nobody replies or votes on it. It's just lost in the noise.
I'm not looking to be an karma superstar, I just want a place to actively engage with some other Internet folks from time to time.
Reddit got too big. Perhaps HN will one day too.
I still browse reddit all the time, I just can't use it.