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1. throwa+rz[view] [source] 2020-11-10 19:36:19
>>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!

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2. saagar+pF[view] [source] 2020-11-10 19:58:35
>>throwa+rz
Twitter can have a very high signal-to-noise ratio if you follow the right people.
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3. cgrisw+mK[view] [source] 2020-11-10 20:18:04
>>saagar+pF
Can it? Last I used it (which was a long time ago) Twitter itself added noise to my feed.
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4. dctoed+3d1[view] [source] 2020-11-10 22:42:52
>>cgrisw+mK
> Twitter itself added noise to my feed.

Agreed for the actual Twitter site, but it doesn't seem to happen nearly as much with Tweetdeck. (In fact, I'm not sure Tweetdeck even shows ads.)

https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/

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