The comments on that comment are the most childish things I've seen in a long time.
(Side note: I can't believe people would think HN is turning into reddit, come on people)
(Side note: I can't believe people would think HN is turning into reddit, come on people)
I think when people say HN is becoming reddit, they mean the reddit of 2-3 years ago, not the reddit of today. At points, I've seen some of the same warning signs I saw on reddit. I was more worried about HN a few months ago than I am now, but every time I see a weak joke with 60 upvotes (maybe 5% of the jokes I've seen in HN comments are actually worth of upvotes) or someone's perfectly reasonable comment getting to -1 within 5 minutes in a vaguely political thread, it makes me a little nervous.