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Thanks. I find it frustrating sometimes how difficult it is to control tone on the internet, and how discussion is simultaneously impersonal and still affecting

Thanks. I find it frustrating sometimes how difficult it is to control tone on the internet, and how discussion is simultaneously impersonal and still affecting. I really appreciate that HN is a space that attempts to maintain a civil tone.

dang 11y ago
Yes, it's super frustrating, like dealing with an evil genius or demon who knows what all your buttons are and delights in pushing them. That's an illusion, of course, but it's how the statistical aggregate of a whole bunch of people online appears to the human psyche (or at least its hard-wired parts). HN started as an experiment in trying to withstand that, and though there's much to be unsatisfied with, at least it hasn't succumbed completely. Edit: more on 'demons' here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=demons%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...