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comment by thiz

I'd like to hear some of those stories. How did they wind up here? How are their expectations different? What's the learning curve like to someone who has come in with no prejudices?





user-inactivated  ·  4363 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've never been on Reddit because when I had some time to consume there used to be a great french-speaking site doing the job and filling my needs (called kopikol for whoever cares). Then I pretty much lost time for that active passiveness.

I was made aware of Hacker News (HN) in 2011 by someone who knew I was into web creation ; and from there I once discovered Hubski, which happened to be much broader than HN and at the same time very quiet comment-wise (any reddit is filled with 500 comments and dare I say, I've felt like Hubski is on a trench since that day redditors came en masse and for that reason am participating way less). AMA

thenewgreen  ·  4363 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you follow the right people you can pretty much avoid all of the reddit talk. I would suggest "ignoring" the #reddit tag as a start. That said, there have been some really great new people on Hubski that came over recently. It's not all bad IMO.

user-inactivated  ·  4363 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As someone said I don't really want to actively avoid the reddit drama. I will probably carry on following the links (less often than I used to) but feel less compelled to comment...

lil  ·  4364 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here are some of the stories of how people wound up here. I came here via the Higgs-Boson. Scroll down somewhat for the story. That post was about two months ago.