[SlowRobotAhead]

Agreed that HN and Reddit are basically just replacements for Facebook. Former becoming more and more like the latter.

I disagree it’s “information”. The article is usually wrapped in opinion, and you’re in the opinion section now.

Maybe the appeal is that when the opinion is from some you know (a “friend”) you feel obligated to acknowledge it and on an anonymous forum you can more easily ignore it?

Reddit vs Facebook I think is just social media preference.

IDK... I’ve found myself skipping articles and jumping right to the opinion section in order to “save time”. Bad habit, but I just don’t have time to read everything.

[kopo]

>> obligated to acknowledge opinion

lol thats a nice way of putting it. It's an interesting point about why we are all so attracted to opinion. It doesn't require much mental energy or something I suppose.

Plus in an info overloaded world where even the experts have doubts about a lot of things it allows us to butt into debates where we would never be allowed to enter in the real world.