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Re:Longer Discussions in HN? by z3c0 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:52PM (#34666976)
I did this myself, but it only kicked the can on my eventual leaving. Sure, niche subreddits are generally better in their content and discussions, but I still noticed that the same behaviors end up being rewarded. It's the format that's the problem, not the content, and that's the one thing shared by all subreddits.
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Re:Longer Discussions in HN? by karmakaze on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:00PM (#34667781)
Most subreddits I visit are low volume and haven't noticed much difference in behaviour other than acceptability of short funny replies. What do you mean about the format, isn't it the same as HN (OP link/text and comments)?

I do recall a comment/thread saying how HN comments/behaviour was starting to resemble Reddit, so there may be something to that (though I'd chalk it up to becoming more popular/mainstream).

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Re:Longer Discussions in HN? by z3c0 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:34PM (#34668237)
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Re:Longer Discussions in HN? by The_Colonel on Sunday February 05, 2023 @03:52PM (#34669223)
> Any moments of "lightning-in-a-bottle" can certainly result in memorable periods where a subreddit truly adds value to one's life, and that can make the whole website hard to give up.

I would mention /r/credibledefense as a counter example. It was a niche subreddit before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in the aftermath got popular, but still managed to keep its quality.

But I agree with your general point, it's not a huge problem for me, though. Some subreddits get popular and thus bad, some new subreddits get created. Reddit's relative anarchy is its saving grace, communities can split/fork, but still stay within reddit platform.

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Re:Longer Discussions in HN? by The_Colonel on Sunday February 05, 2023 @03:47PM (#34669160)
Isn't "reddit format" essentially exactly the same as the "hacker news format"?

Format certainly influences the quality of interactions, but there are some other strong factors as well.

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