I come to Hacker News for the comments. Reddit comments sections usually are filled with jokes and chit-chat rather than further information on the subject. In addition, Hacker News has a better moderating system I feel, in that dang and possibly others are always reading comments and detatching off-topic threads and banning disruptive users.
That doesn't mean Hacker News is perfect, but it's the best I've found so far.
That doesn't mean Hacker News is perfect, but it's the best I've found so far.