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What would be something "divisive", in your opinion? I think some very divisive topics are discussed fairly regularly here, among them: 1. Gender politics 2.
by jnbiche 11y ago
What would be something "divisive", in your opinion? I think some very divisive topics are discussed fairly regularly here, among them:
1. Gender politics
2. NSA/surveillance
3. Vim/Emacs
And I could name at least 2-3 regular commenters on HN who fall pretty cleanly into each of the opposing sides of these issues (ok, maybe not Emacs, but all the others).
Just because we're not degenerating into flame wars doesn't mean we don't discuss divisive topics.
- CPLX 11y agoDon't forget self-driving cars. The most divisive thing you can do on HN is point out the obvious true fact that there's no such thing as a self-driving car yet.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoThere's a lot of populations on HN. Some of us avoid those topics like the plague. So no general indictment can be made. Those topics are poisonous because they can't be driven to a conclusion in two paragraphs or less. And most everything's been said, so they run in circles rehashing tired points. Not to say they aren't important topics. But it takes an essay of 100 pages to cover all the ground, or a PhD even. But everybody has opinions, often based on whatever they just were thinking about. Their arguments come off as sophomoric (which they mostly are). Folks point that out, and away they spin.
- mbrutsch 11y ago> Those topics are poisonous because they can't be driven to a conclusion in two paragraphs or less. They are poison on voting sites because one side quickly becomes grey. Votes do nothing but squelch conversation, and many choose to self-censor to avoid that.
- keenerd 11y ago4. Manned space exploration