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HN is just aggressively positive. I miss Slashdot. I liked that it had people who had industry knowledge who would post as an Anonymous Coward to correct someon
by guessbest 11y ago
HN is just aggressively positive. I miss Slashdot. I liked that it had people who had industry knowledge who would post as an Anonymous Coward to correct someone who was being idealistic. I don't know where those people have gone, but it is certainly not here. They probably were dispersed to other sites.
- Grishnakh 11y agoYep, Slashdot used to be great like that. Those people are gone now. They're not on SoylentNews, and there's sure as hell not on here. I don't think they're on Reddit either. They're not anywhere. My guess: they've retired from tech after getting tired of all the BS and nasty personalities, and done something entirely different with their lives. Maybe they took their savings and moved to Costa Rica and opened a restaurant on the beach.
- marcosdumay 11y agoThey are probably everywhere, but we lose their insight when they can't post as anonymous or it is hard to do so. Pseudonyms just won't cut it. Anyway, we also lose a great deal of spammers, trolls and just disturbing people. That's the other side of the coin.
- r00fus 11y agoI see a lot of throwaway accounts here post interesting stuff - clearly like anon. Slashdot incurs a large cost (noise) in allowing anon comments - depending on who you ask, the moderation system either barely keeps that in check, or is completely insufficient.