I was 90/10 HN/Reddit for a while until I found out how to customize using sub-reddits. I'm now about 40/60 HN/Reddit for reading articles, but I don't read comments or participate in discussions on Reddit. Simply too many trolls to make it worth my while.
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This site is the best for startup news. That vibe has almost completely left Reddit and been transplanted here.
The discussions here are probably among the best Hacker discussions that I've been able to find anywhere online.
Most of the programming reddit is reflected here on Hacker News, but if you pick subreddits like Javascript, Web Design, Haskell, Lisp, Python, Ruby, Computer Science, Geek, Cognitive Science... You can get a nice selection of Geeky articles that aren't covered here.
I use both HN and progit (programming subreddit); though HN < progit for technical programming articles.
However, the big plus of HN is the 100% absence of trolls (or maybe I just don't notice them here because they aren't encouraged). The most horrible thing on reddit is several people with technical competence who use it to abuse people - a form of trolling. I find that combination hard work to deal with.
I wonder if a factor is not "diluting responsibility" (psych 101) too much? HN is a smaller site (and has pg overseeing it); subreddits have fewer subscribers; /. has fewer (randomly chosen) moderators. Is too much dilution of responsibility what undermines social sites like Digg?
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I was 90/10 HN/Reddit for a while until I found out how to customize using sub-reddits. I'm now about 40/60 HN/Reddit for reading articles, but I don't read comments or participate in discussions on Reddit. Simply too many trolls to make it worth my while.
edit:
This site is the best for startup news. That vibe has almost completely left Reddit and been transplanted here.
The discussions here are probably among the best Hacker discussions that I've been able to find anywhere online.
how is the repetition in both these sites? i have found it too much for the contents i am interested in
Most of the programming reddit is reflected here on Hacker News, but if you pick subreddits like Javascript, Web Design, Haskell, Lisp, Python, Ruby, Computer Science, Geek, Cognitive Science... You can get a nice selection of Geeky articles that aren't covered here.
I use both HN and progit (programming subreddit); though HN < progit for technical programming articles.
However, the big plus of HN is the 100% absence of trolls (or maybe I just don't notice them here because they aren't encouraged). The most horrible thing on reddit is several people with technical competence who use it to abuse people - a form of trolling. I find that combination hard work to deal with.
I wonder if a factor is not "diluting responsibility" (psych 101) too much? HN is a smaller site (and has pg overseeing it); subreddits have fewer subscribers; /. has fewer (randomly chosen) moderators. Is too much dilution of responsibility what undermines social sites like Digg?