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Out of curiosity: what kind of people use this "forum" (I mean Hacker News)?
8 adinhitlore 14 8/26/2025, 10:35:30 PM
So I ended up here following recommendation from chatgpt after expressing my doubts about grok and also twitter/x. But i'm curious what the other profiles are: young programmers 18-25? startup founders? tech journalists? ?
I like it here because people seem to actually be open to the idea that tech might be good but are still critical when it sucks. Other places I browse (lemmy) are instantly against AI and big tech which is fair but less interesting to read.
I really enjoy when someone fresh out of college asks a question and a retiree engineer/technician/manager joins the discussion with personal knowledge. The insight and experience here, pending the AI slop takeover, is what you usually find only on very topic-specific forums.
The text-only formatting, culture of contributing to the conversation, and simplicity (read: not shiny and new), hopefully continue to keep out the cesspool of other internet at bay as long as possible.
You might be right that younger people are particularly interested in AI, but if I had to guess I would say HN skews older than other forums like Reddit.
I would love to know where all the misplaced arrogance comes from.