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September 3, 2019

The good things in a community site come from people more than technology; it’s mainly in the prevention of bad things that technology comes into play. Technology certainly can enhance discussion. Nested comments do, for example. But I’d rather use a site with primitive features and smart, nice users than a more advanced one whose users were idiots or trolls. — Paul Graham, What I’ve learned from Hacker News