I have recently quit using reddit because I got tired of the bickering, particularly in the more mainstream subreddits. The smaller subreddits seem fine. While there is also some bickering in HN, it seems to me to be much more moderated.
It seems like once a community grows large enough, so do its number of assholes, but the asshole count must be absolute, not relative, since it just takes a few to ruin the fun for everyone. This is why HN seems to me less bickery than reddit right now, because it's more focussed on just one niche.
What really did it for me was the pack rape mentality that parts of reddit exhibit. I want nothing to do with a website that allows this:
It seems like once a community grows large enough, so do its number of assholes, but the asshole count must be absolute, not relative, since it just takes a few to ruin the fun for everyone. This is why HN seems to me less bickery than reddit right now, because it's more focussed on just one niche.
What really did it for me was the pack rape mentality that parts of reddit exhibit. I want nothing to do with a website that allows this:
http://betabeat.com/2012/08/reddit-watches-with-glee-as-camg...