> HN is probably better on politics because there is real diversity of opinion.
Uh.. it's a little lean to left and then there are random hard right comments though. To be perfectly honest, I think the hard right see anything that isn't hard right is left tbh, that include moderates. And the demographic for HN especially programmers are liberal iirc. There were articles on how big tech companies employee voted and also the fact that silicon valley is situated in the most liberal of California.
The threads that have some sort of discord seems to disappear in an hour. Like the recent basic income one. Politics are kept to a minimum or hardly any at all.
I'm not sure if I disagree with you, or if the exceptions prove the rule. There are some vocal right-wing commenters, but the community reacts rather badly to dissenting voices that are perceived as "fighty" or grinding an axe. I think also there's a certain attitude of inclusiveness that runs contrary to right-wing culture, and things go badly when such concerns are dismissed (for whatever reason, but anti-"PC"-just-plain-talk springs to mind).
It's still good for some culture stuff though.
HN is probably better on politics because there is real diversity of opinion.