Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN

Re:Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN by davidw on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:02AM (#9452380)

HN has always had a bit more spirit of being friendly to the next person even if it's not always evident. The "comic book guy" tone is stronger on reddit.

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Re:Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN by nkohari on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:08AM (#9452427)

Are we browsing the same version of HN? This is not my experience at all. The amount of blind judgement and "well, actually..." thrown about here is incredible.

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Re:Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN by squeaky-clean on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:29AM (#9452603)

HN is one of the friendliest online communities I've found. I actually deleted my Reddit account because I knew every time I saw that damn orange "new reply" envelope icon, there was going to be something negative waiting for me. /r/programming is better than most of Reddit, but I still prefer HN.

I also feel like the HN community is better an following the guidelines than Reddit. For example, I feel more HN'ers treat the downvote arrows as "does not add to discussion", while on Reddit the majority treat it as a "disagree" button. Maybe this is because you have to earn the ability to downvote on HN? Who knows, but I enjoy this community more for actually discussing things.

I'm fine with "well, actually..." if what follows is a well reasoned argument. On /r/math I've actually had someone reply that they were a millionaire, and thus I had to be wrong, followed by PM'ing me a photo of their bank statement.

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Re:Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN by davidw on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:14AM (#9452476)

I've been here a while, and it has its ups and downs for sure. People are a bit more friendly here, though, in my experience, and the moderator "dang" does try to police it and keep it mostly in line.

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Re:Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN by archagon on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:26AM (#9452570)

Compared to Reddit, it's a land of kisses and rainbows.

More seriously, it probably depends on the tone you take. In all the times I've posted here, I've tried to be respectful and I've almost always received respect in turn, even when people didn't agree with me.

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Re:Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN by agarcia-deniz on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:12AM (#9452462)

100% agree with you on that one.

Blast it, I've just undermined my own comment, I meant to say: Well, actually ...

On a serious note, both of them seem pretty similar to me.

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Re:Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN by brndn on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:20AM (#9452524)

Agreed. While both places have their fair share of ego-stroking, HN seems to have a much more condescending tone.

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Re:Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN by maze-le on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:31AM (#9452614)

I know what you mean, but I think the troll-density here is lower than on most newsboards...

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Re:Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN by fapjacks on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:58AM (#9452815)

Until you get to social issues here on HN. This is like flushing quail and the sky blackens with all the trolls.

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Re:Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN by davidw on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @11:26AM (#9453025)

Which is why those things are mostly off-topic, and should be flagged.

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Re:Ask HN: Reddit vs. HN by antjanus on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:33AM (#9452633)

I agree with you there. It all depends on what subreddits you get on though. They can be just as bad or worse.

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