• redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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    1 year ago

    Great thing about hacker news is they have actual paid mods that really keep things civil and prevent the forum from turning into a cesspool. Despite people proclaiming “hn is turning into reddit” every once in a while in past 12 years, the mods do a solid job and it hasn’t turned into reddit yet. Whenever I visit hacker news there is a chance that I’d learn something new. It’s a very valuable resource.

    That being said, can’t shitpost in hacker news. Posted a joke? RIP.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah i just don’t mesh with hacker news’ userbase politically, the one thing I’m passionate about. I will read tech stuff there but they’re just a bit too… Neoliberal? (My guess as the best broad term?). This, with a healthy dose of dunning-kruger from people at the top of their field, keeps me lurking