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Re:Reddit by avn2109 on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @02:41PM (#8390223)
>> "Do we have any examples of large Internet communities with unilateral good discussion?"

I don't mean to belabor the obvious here, but do you consider HN a "large Internet community?"

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Re:Reddit by mkehrt on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @02:57PM (#8390361)
HN is (only somewhat, but definitely somewhat, justly) famous for its sexism, hivemindedness and wacky politics. So, uh, what's your point?
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Re:Reddit by ufmace on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @05:00PM (#8391189)
I don't consider it to be large. The (intentionally) mostly poor design and SEO helps with that. I think that's a good thing - really helps keep discussions mostly on-target and interesting, and promote the high-value content over the jokes.

Though I do think the place can be a bit humorless and pedantic at times...

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Re:Reddit by B-Con on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @03:00PM (#8390382)
> I don't mean to belabor the obvious here, but do you consider HN a "large Internet community?"

No. I'm talking about the largest 30 or so Internet communities.

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Re:Reddit by dang on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @02:57PM (#8390352)
HN has never been purely tech-focused. You're right, of course, that it's a lot smaller than Reddit.
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Re:Reddit by JeremyMorgan on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @05:16PM (#8391307)
Mostly because HN doesn't have a /showerthoughts
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