• JustAThought@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I deleted my 12 year old Reddit account, and I’m here. I still go there, but spend minutes rather that hours. I tried Hacker News, but some posts are really technical. I hope this is a new home.

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      1 year ago

      I didn’t delete my account because old reddit is still a thing but yeah, same. I probably spent around 3 hours a day on reddit. Now I’m down to about 20 minutes a week.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, the only way I end up on Reddit now is through a search engine. I’m not too proud to read an old post but I’m not going to stick around afterward.

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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.

      • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
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        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