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Re:Americans are changing their relationship with Facebook by mancerayder on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @09:37PM (#17923317)
Now, I mostly read reddit for interesting articles and discussions. Some Facebook groups are decent for that, but they never quite match the reach and range of discussion that reddit does.*

I really struggled with the quality and intelligence of posts and responses on Reddit. I find them short, emotive, adolescent and generally noisy. However a lot of HN folks seem to enjoy it. What's the trick I'm missing? Finding the right subreddits, presumably?

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Re:Americans are changing their relationship with Facebook by mikeleeorg on Thursday September 06, 2018 @02:38AM (#17924308)
It definitely depends on the sub.[1] You're right, many are very noisy. Startup and tech/programming subs don't quite match up to HN, so for those topics, I use HN.

[1] As an example, /r/AskHistorians/ is heavily moderated and high quality.

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Re:Americans are changing their relationship with Facebook by kochikame on Thursday September 06, 2018 @04:03AM (#17924636)
Yeah, default subs and the unfiltered reddit front page is awful. Just subscribe to things you really want to hear/talk about, block users who harsh your mellow and you should be fine.
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Re:Americans are changing their relationship with Facebook by theparanoid on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @11:06PM (#17923630)
The programming subreddits aren't as good as HN. I follow quite a few local subreddits (my city, Yosemite, etc).
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