[sika_grr]

Does nobody on Hacker News watch Silicon Valley? Or are references in comments frowned upon?

[Trundle]

References are generally frowned upon, at least when that's all there is to the comment. There is a strong fear here of becoming reddit.

[nebabyte]

Uh

> comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit [...] a common semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills

[stagbeetle]

Censor thyself, lest ye cause the plague.

[blowski]

Typically, yes. One of the most frustrating things about Reddit is the neverending cliched references. It's why HN comments are so much higher in quality.

[rimliu]

  > It's why HN comments are so much higher in quality.

Not always the case. Sometimes just boring. More relaxed attitude on reddit attracts more diverse expressions and sometimes that can be a bad thing, but sometimes it is a good thing.

[jquery]

Hacker News prides itself on a higher ratio of signal to noise than other, more popular websites, that will remain nameless.

[stagbeetle]

It's a very vague reference and it completely slipped past me the first time reading through.

Compare that to something like Szechuan Sauce.