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Karrot_Kreamyesterday at 7:09 PM1 replyview on HN

Not sure which circles you run in but in mine HN has long lost its cache of "brilliant minds in IT". I've mostly stopped commenting here but am a bit of a message board addict so I haven't completely left.

My network largely thinks of HN as "a great link aggregator with a terrible comments section". Now obviously this is just my bubble but we include some fairy storied careers at both Big Tech and hip startups.

From my view the community here is just mean reverting to any other tech internet comments section.


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jedbergyesterday at 7:12 PM

> From my view the community here is just mean reverting to any other tech internet comments section.

As someone deeply familiar with tech internet comments sections, I would have to disagree with you here. Dang et al have done a pretty stellar job of preventing HN from devolving like most other forums do.

Sure you have your complainers and zealots, but I still find surprising insights here there I don't find anywhere else.

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