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>>bluu00+(OP)
This place is amazing, and I learned so much about a variety of topics. Most of my MD colleagues use Twitter or Facebook, where the signal-to-noise is much, much lower. I assume there have been plenty of spin-offs from HN (I would LOVE to have a similar forum for discussing medical issues; Can I fork the codebase somehow?), but I do think the secret sauce is moderation.

Also, politically, I'm "an enlightened centrist" lol and nearly all of the political spectrum here is represented well IMO, and even personal attacks/strawman arguments are not immediately banned but first discouraged.

Thanks dang!

>>throwa+rz
Twitter can have a very high signal-to-noise ratio if you follow the right people.

>>saagar+pF
Can it? Last I used it (which was a long time ago) Twitter itself added noise to my feed.

>>cgrisw+mK
Twitter deliberately promotes outrage. While hateful screaming is nothing new in the world of politics (or elsewhere), for Twitter and other ad-sellers this is a way to capture attention of users and drag them into flame wars.

See this blog for one case thereof: https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=46541