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Re: Ask HN: What's the Hacker News for different industries?

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Post by scheveningen »

vadimberman wrote: post #26
arka2147483647 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem with reddit is that there are a lot of "Shits and Giggles" reddits, and this tends to bleed into the "Serious" reddits. For example; someone is browsing r/funny and clicks a link or two and find themselves in r/programming, or whatever, but keeps acting as if they are in r/funny. And so your serious discussion is full of funny comments which someone has to clean up or let the discussion deteriorate.

True, but in the good subreddits the downvotes are brutal enough to deter or drop the offending post to the bottom.

IMO, the downvotes are a big problem with reddit, unfortunately.

If people actually followed reddiquette (downvoting posts that do not add to the discussion) the system would work great. However, a large majority of people will just downvote what they disagree with. There is no way to keep this behavior in check.

What happens is that counterpoints that do not align with the majority 'party line' are rarely seen on reddit, and although the hive mind is often agreeable to me personally, I need to see dissenting viewpoints in order to get a nuanced understanding of any complex or opinionated issue.

I've pretty much eliminated reddit from my life in favor of HN (this is my first post, actually) and Metafilter and I couldn't be happier.

Re: Ask HN: What's the Hacker News for different industries?

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Post by toyg »

scheveningen wrote: post #32
vadimberman wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, but in the good subreddits the downvotes are brutal enough to deter or drop the offending post to the bottom.

IMO, the downvotes are a big problem with reddit, unfortunately. If people actually followed reddiquette (downvoting posts that do not add to the discussion) the system would work great. However, a large majority of people will just downvote what they disagree with. There is no way to keep this behavior in check. What happens is that counterpoints that do not align with the majority 'party line' are rarely seen on re…

You just haven’t noticed this phenomenon on HN yet.

It’s a fact of life: a downvote button will eventually be used as a “disagree” button rather than some idealistic concept of what moderation should be. Even the most reasonable person has a trigger subject, be it gun laws, abortion, or vi vs emacs.

If you think HN is somewhat immune, you’re in for a rude awakening at some point.

Re: Ask HN: What's the Hacker News for different industries?

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Post by zerostar07 »

franciscop wrote: post #15

Surprised no one said the obvious: Reddit. Find the right subreddit and you'll see high-ish quality posts on the topic. Javascript, Node.js, etc.

Its actually pretty rare outside programming-related, e g many science subs are really popsci garbage or students asking administrative questions
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