I went from Digg to HN. Skipped Reddit. I find that place to be a bit nasty and ...

rnd0 · on March 29, 2018

I skipped Digg; it seemed always seemed irrelevant to me (EDIT: that's just my personal perception -obviously I was wrong).

My personal journey was: BBS -> Usenet -> Slashdot -> phpbb/vb forums -> Ars -> Reddit -> HN

I haven't had any problems with Reddit as far as technical information goes, but I mostly go there for non-tech subs (eg AskHistorians).

I absolutely get what you mean about it being nasty though -it took me years and years to break down and finally make an account because of the nastiness.

irrational · on March 29, 2018

You need to skip the main/popular parts of Reddit and choose your subreddits carefully. I personally spend a lot of time in r/boardgames which is an amazing community.