I actually just discovered this site, but I highly dislike reddit for a number of reasons that I've been meaning to enumerate on my blog. So yes, I suppose I do count. :)
I think that everyone that cares knows the reasons to avoid reddit: The articles are dumb, the comments are dumb, and the people are dumb. Even the founders left!
It's kinda useful though when you want to be dumb. I've found that lately when I want to be smart, I'd rather code something than talk about coding. This leaves HN in the awkward position of not being the most productive thing I could be doing, and yet not being so idiotic that I can spout off drivel and not care.
I suppose technically Reddit is in that position too, since if I really wanted to be dumb, there's always 4chan. I never really got into 4chan though, perhaps fortunately.
I don't know so much that anybody should be calling themselves a reddit "expatriate". HN might service a slightly similar crowd, but reddit and hackernews are, to me, completely different types of websites.
That said, I love this website; please leave any sort of memes, pun threads, sensationalized headlines, politics, or circlejerking self threads like this one at the door.
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I suppose technically Reddit is in that position too, since if I really wanted to be dumb, there's always 4chan. I never really got into 4chan though, perhaps fortunately.
That said, I love this website; please leave any sort of memes, pun threads, sensationalized headlines, politics, or circlejerking self threads like this one at the door.
So you stop by and post a "noise" thread here on HN. ;) No offense but I find that slightly humorous. Oh well, we aren't obligated to upvote it.