> What blows my mind is how positive the HN crowd were about the acquisition of Tumblr at the time: Self-selection bias. Those who post in a given topic are no

> What blows my mind is how positive the HN crowd were about the acquisition of Tumblr at the time: Self-selection bias. Those who post in a given topic are not always the same people. What blows MY mind is how it is possible to wonder how in huge groups of people there can form sub-groups (through self-selection, in this case) who hold very different views. Yes, that happens. HN isn't a person.