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Re: Tell HN: Thank You Dang

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Post by marsantwo »

Hacker news keeps me up-to-date on the latest buzz, the most interesting and unusual corners of the interwebs. The value derived from the comments is usually greater than the original article itself. Thank you Dang.

Re: Tell HN: Thank You Dang

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Post by core-questions »

E-Reverance wrote: post #36
awak3ning wrote: post #23

In an insane world, Hacker News is one corner of the internet that I find to be "normal" and "sane". God Bless you Dang!

Why aren’t there more of these communities, and if there is I’d like to know.

If we tell you where they are, they won't be there anymore

Re: Tell HN: Thank You Dang

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Post by jjav »

chubot wrote: post #31

Yup, my account is over 11 years old and still going strong! Previous forums I used were: 1. the Joel on Software forum, which was great, with a similar clean design, but didn't last as long (Joel got tired of moderating it, probably) https://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/ (now has an outdated cert :-( ) 2. Usenet. Epic thread that gives you a picture of what happened to Usenet: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite…

> Usenet.

But that's like saying "email". USENET isn't a forum, it is a standard decentralized distribution mechanism owned by nobody (like email).

Some newsgroups were a disaster even back in '90 and many were awesome back then. Most decayed but even today there are a few corners of USENET which thrive (I still read a few newsgroups every week with trn).

Re: Tell HN: Thank You Dang

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Post by kendallpark »

E-Reverance wrote: post #36
awak3ning wrote: post #23

In an insane world, Hacker News is one corner of the internet that I find to be "normal" and "sane". God Bless you Dang!

Why aren’t there more of these communities, and if there is I’d like to know.

HN discourages the sort of clever-yet-unsubstantial one-liner jokes that earn a lot of karma on Reddit. It reserves the space for thoughtful discussions. Getting rid of the memes simply doesn't fly in other online communities.

I'd also put money on the average age of HN commenter being higher than that of other internet communities.

I know of other rich and healthy online communities, but they are fairly niche.

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