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HN is probably the only place that maintained its quality somewhat over the last 10 years for me. So many websites and subreddits blew up, grew too quickly, and burned out in quality.

I think a lot can be attributed to strict moderation, but also like you say being pretty niche helps in that the mod team doesn't have to be very big.



I think it’s also that HN is optimized for “interesting” rather than for eyeballs and outrage.


It's actually DEoptimized for outrage, if one reads the guidelines closely.




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