[HaZeust]

HN is 4chan in many ways - the smart, civilized people just come here. Whereas the smart people that are willing to act disabled go there.

[NewUser76312]

Ha, not even close. Not anonymous, upvoting and vote manipulation mechanics, and a very soft and liberal political bend, I'm leaning.

I like it though, good to have some opposites to view so you don't get stuck in a bubble.

[sph]

HN is older 4chan. On the imageboard, you have the constant feeling you are arguing against 12 year olds.

[Zambyte]

Edit: this post is irrelevant to the context.

4chan is four years older than Startup News (the original name of Hacker News).

[sph]

I wasn't talking about age of the platform. I was talking about average mental age of its users.

[Zambyte]

Ah, my bad