92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people

Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by steve_adams_86 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @12:45AM (#23175412)

I know HN has some bad moments, but I actually still learn quite a bit here and get introduced to new ideas. That's a lot less common on Reddit, even though I'm only subscribed to niche, specific subreddits.

Nothing is perfect but I feel more informed and otherwise safer having discussions here.

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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by luckylion on Thursday May 14, 2020 @03:10AM (#23176377)

I agree regarding being exposed to new ideas, but turning on "show dead" has given me some doubt. Plenty of regular comments get flagged and killed, e.g. this [1] comment that I vouched for. I can only assume, but it feels like people are feeling attacked because they enjoy the circlejerk and feel they must censor this comment that call them out.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23175556

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Re:92 of top 500 subreddits controlled by same 5 people by pjc50 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @05:27AM (#23177368)

HN bans flamewars per se; anything controversial will have the article itself flagged into oblivion so the entire discussion is gone.

You can have good discussions, but they must be at the margins, and stay away from the subjects that HN is known to fail at discussing.

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