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by x2f10 1997 days ago
I agree. HN has shaped the person I am. I don't have friends or co-workers that talk about topics such as depression, burnout, and personal growth. The comments posted often serve as a passive mentorship for me. I wish I didn't have to depend on a message board for help, but I'm happy it's here. I want to thank you all for being open and honest and I want to thank Dang personally for making it all work.
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The amount of encouragement in difficult situations that users receive is the main reason I stay on this site, even if it is somewhat unsocial medium the cheerfulness that gets expressed more than makes up for it.
it's meta and who knows why, has to be low levels of gamification, i think bad comments here are easier to ignore. Probably not just because of greying out comments but the civility levels we as all users agree to.
what do you think of teamblind.com?