Ask HN: Is HN a ‘healthy online community’? I’m doing a case study for a class
Yes and no.<p>I think it's better in terms of overall "health" (content, toxicity, moderation, privacy, spam) than other, more popular forums (e.g. Reddit), but that could just be directly because of its small size and relatively niche appeal.<p>My biggest problem is that it stopped being a community for tech entrepreneurs a long time ago. Everyone is now bearish on everything by default. Every idea is pointless. Every new product is useless. Every company is evil. There's no point building or launching anything. It's just people complaining about everything rather than improving things and building the future.