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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. saagar+3D1[view] [source] 2020-11-11 01:48:13
>>cgrisw+mK
It might be useful to note that I don’t actually have a Twitter account. So I just read a handful of people’s pages once in a while who do a good job of pulling in all the best things of the communities I care about, and also people send me tweets from time to time. So usually I can skip over most of the drama.
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