Comment by jjcm
13 years ago
I think a parody of something is one of the best ways to draw insight, and in my opinion I'm kinda happy that this is what the parody of HN is: links to wikipedia/cited sources, debates about whether or not an article was correct, nitpicks and views from different positions/experiences, and the off hand XKCD comic.
Probably much more civil than a parody of a slashdot/reddit/4chan post would be.
Let's not be too self-congratulatory. Hacker News today is in many ways like reddit of a few years ago, and Slashdot of many years ago. And this is a somewhat bowdlerized parody anyway.
I think all social news networks will degrade over time, but it's still good to have these health checks every once in a while to see what the state of it currently is. It lets us know when we need to move on.
Your comment would be might better without the last sentence.
The good content can stand on its own. No need to look down on other sites to look good by comparision.
4chan is civil.