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Comment by ballstothewalls | Hacker News Reader

I frequent Reddit and HN. Although I dont read /r/programming, I do subscribe to /r/economics, /r/business, /r/entrepreneurship and I can say that I am much more likely to read a full article on HN than anything I find on Reddit. It might have something to do with the fact that I give the HN community more credit for having legitimate conversations about topics that arent purely sensationalist. Or that I go to Reddit looking for funny crap and only occasionally come across something good. On the other hand, I go to HN looking for good stuff.

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Somehow this site has replaced Slashdot for me. The conversations are just as good if not a bit more neutral in tone. Also the articles are much fresher over here.

The original reddit, the one where pg article still made it on the top of the one and only front page, replaced Slashdot for me.

Once reddit was taken over by trolls, HN replaced reddit.

And now, it's HN with a small selection of sub-reddits with tiny and/or strictly moderated communities.

s/just as//

In all seriousness, when people ask me what HN is, I reply "It's like /. when it was relevant". Thank you for being here, HN.

>HN community more credit for having legitimate conversations about topics that arent purely sensationalist

/r/programming has massive issues with its userbase, they're opinionated and uneducated which is a disastrous combination. If you want to be with a supportive, interesting community you're better to stick to the languages subreddit (/r/python and /r/ruby are great) or HN. HN is superior in the fact it covers a broader range of topics.

As you mentioned reddit is great for entertainment, but not anything serious.

Exactly. Though /r/netsec is quite good, and /r/AskScience is pretty interesting at times. Also, /r/TrueReddit :)

Still, the percentage of articles I read is way higher on HN.

On the fun side, I love /r/ExplainLikeImCalvin/ ;)

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