[vertbhrtn]

Before you comment on technicalities, remember that reddit's management consciously caters to the emotional people, and managing such a platform is very different than HN. I'd even admit the possibility that the plain and dry UI of HN would look unappealing to the reddit folks.

[yes_man]

Being interested in tech and startups probably doesn't mean you are less emotional than people who aren't

[vertbhrtn]

Well, it does. If we make a random sample of 1 million people that are interested in tech and startups, then another million of those that aren't, measure the average "emotional charge" of both groups, we'll notice a huge statistically significant difference between the two averages.

[yes_man]

Can you back that up with some research or are you just basing that assumption on your emotions? What even is "emotional charge"? I bet that emotional capability of people isn't tied to their interest in startups and tech

[smt88]

It is incredibly weird that you're an elitist about emotions, that you think "emotional people" is not just "people", and that you believe a UI designer can create interfaces for those two separate audiences.

Is craigslist also a UI for unemotional people? It's pretty dry.

What about MDN docs? They have a great, friendly, usable UI. Surely that must be designed for emotional people, right?

[vertbhrtn]

I agree with every point you've made here except the last one: the MDN docs are very dry, precisely because they are designed for knowledge-first people.