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Re:Ask HN: Is HN a ‘healthy online community’? I’m doing a c... by olalonde on Friday March 27, 2020 @03:07PM (#22705816)
Despite its flaws, I honestly can't think of a community that comes close to HN in terms of size/healthiness. I mainly attribute its success to:

1) Strong moderation.

2) Being apolitical: ideological/political/religious debates are generally off-topic.

3) Meta comments being discouraged: insinuations of shilling, soliciting down votes, complaining that a submission is off-topic, etc.

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Re:Ask HN: Is HN a ‘healthy online community’? I’m doing a c... by sankalpb on Friday March 27, 2020 @05:00PM (#22706832)
hey there, thanks for this list - do you see these attributes applying equally to both 'online' and 'offline' communities?
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Re:Ask HN: Is HN a ‘healthy online community’? I’m doing a c... by olalonde on Friday March 27, 2020 @05:26PM (#22707049)
Not really. In fact, I doubt one could draw useful parallels between online and offline communities, they are two quite different beasts.
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