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		NikkiA on Nov 6, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is it just me, or are HN comments becoming... Many of us 'newbies' came here because reddit has gotten near unbearable recently... I suppose you can blame us for any recent decline in quality, although some of us do try not to pull the place down.

endtime on Nov 6, 2009 [–]

HN best practices (in contrast to reddit):

* Vote a comment up or down based on its quality, not on whether or not you like/agree with it.

* No politics.

* Downvote reddit-style conspiracy theory/rage against the machine comments...I have started seeing these sorts of comments on HN and it is making me very sad.

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