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Ask HN: What has HN given you?
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#42Next to nothing. I scan for links and sometimes find one or two to my interest. I might scan the comments to see if the link is being revered or dissed before I visit. If I'm bored, I've made a few comments. Otherwise HN is nothing more than a link list to me.
What’s your version of what HN is to other people? In the way that people learn about new things, connect with others in various niches, etc—where do you go for that?
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#43I learned about an opening at an awesome company that I spent ~2 years at. It was my first flat-ish org experience and I gained an amazing amount of insight into how that works, and after I left the challenges their processes/culture had evolved to address.
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#44I posted something like "I'm a lonely founder, are there support groups?" And got hundreds of comments, and a scholarship to a support group! (Courtesy of Zenfounder)
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#45When I see tech stories or headlines in mass media that seem important I always jump on over to HN to see what's really up.
The commentary here is just invaluable. 10 minutes reading the comments here is worth a hundred mass media news stories.
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#46Gave me the confidence to apply to a tech company and I got accepted, making a much better living now.
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#47Two jobs that helped get me where I am now, plus knowledge and entertainment.
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#48Lots of great articles to tweet about
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#50HackerNews gives me the freedom to say contrarian things without instantly being down-voted to hell. HackerNews also encourages me to be level-headed and polite. The mods here are mature and are relatively unbiased. I like this one intellectual feed over Reddit's many frivolous subreddits. Does the subreddit differentiation tend to attract low quality mods and users? Probably. But Idk.