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Yes, that is my hypothesis, and I've observed this pattern for years now. I agree, something needs to be done about it. Discussion of climate change on HN has b
by cryptoz 11y ago
Yes, that is my hypothesis, and I've observed this pattern for years now. I agree, something needs to be done about it. Discussion of climate change on HN has been systematically suppressed, and any discussion that does happen here is often steered in a direction of "climate change doesn't matter, so we shouldn't talk about it" or other denialist attitudes.
It's my current life goal to spur more entrepreneurs into building startups that help solve the big issues in climate change. It would be awesome to discuss more of that on HN.
- nkurz 11y agoWhile I agree with you in this particularly case, in partial defense of the current system (or what I perceive it to be), perhaps there really are some topics that are so toxic that they cannot be discussed productively on this site without causing damage to the overall level of discourse. HN has remained usable for more years and more doublings in size than most such sites. One shouldn't take for granted that this will continue. Maybe the current "canary" flagging approach has helped to preserve a better quality discussion about the technical issues than a more provocative approach. And maybe that's a better purpose for this particular site than allowing one more venue for important though contentious topics.