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I disagree. A lot of other people are pointing out the discoverability problem (which I agree is an issue), but I think the medium just isn't comparable.

Chat is ephemeral and it there's a certain amount of participation expected, where as Reddit content strikes a nice balance of changing frequently, but not instantaneous and, for most users, it's a passive activity. To put it another way, most people aren't doom-scrolling on a discord server.

>>superf+(OP)
It's also linear. Reddit has hierarchical reply/conversation trees. Even Facebook has that to some degree. Discord doesn't.

>>superf+(OP)
This, and also that chat platforms don't really have a crowd voting system. The thing I like about HN is that people can vote on content to have it promoted or demoted. Obviously this has its own issues, but I'm not aware of any big social platforms that do this. Twitter kind of does, but it functions a bit different.