What distinguishes Hacker News culture?
What distinguishes Hacker News culture?
No jokes, shenanigans, memes, etc. except for extremely witty and situational humor. It’s refreshing.
The mods seem to spend an enormous amount of time curating the posts and comments. This is an opinionated mod team, and that's what makes it work.
> The most important principle on HN, though, is to make thoughtful comments. Thoughtful in both senses: civil and substantial.