I totally agree with you peter. Although, I feel it supplements Hacker news quite well. At least every post there tends to be interesting..

Reddit on the other hand I feel degenerated into Reddit-Chan (well,actually worse) after Digg added their diggbar. Reddit USED to be about honest debate. These days though, your karma revolves around how mainstream you are. Posting pedobears and other overused jokes gets you guaranteed karma.. It shouldn't. And thats why I joined Hacker news. Its good technical news, and every comment (besides mine I suppose), is generally worth reading.