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You'd be surprised.

patrickmay 10y ago
If only there were some kind of survey mechanism on the site to test the various hypotheses. ;-)
IanCal 10y ago
Well I've just checked the front page and it seems extremely focused on a small range of issues. So I'm currently unsurprised. Is there an article about the huge benefit of for-profit journals? How abortion is an affront to God? How ISIS is trying to do some good in an area? Are you really suggesting there's really no bias towards certain demographics or viewpoints?
- Udik 10y ago
  Are you two disagreeing about something, by any chance? :)
- Noos 10y ago
  You could add articles against drug legalization, articles from a conservative (i.e. not libertarian or liberal) basis, articles against increasing city density, articles in favor of cars and suburban living, articles in favor of strong intellectual property laws, articles on the religious ideas and uses of technology, etc. There's a definite demographic that posts here, and it is very much an echo chamber.
  - dang 10y ago
    Here is an example of what I claim is not the case. We see angry arguments about all of those topics on HN. They're not even infrequent. My claim is that you (I don't mean you personally, but all of us in your position) perceive HN as an 'echo chamber' on such issues precisely because it isn't. I imagine there are small biases on some of them, but people exaggerate this into "groupthink", "bubble", "echo chamber", etc., not because that's how it is but because that's how it feels.
  - type0 10y ago
    It is an echo chamber for some of the threads, for other - people agree to disagree.
- reitanqild 10y ago
  > Well I've just checked the front page and it seems extremely focused on a small range of issues. This is by "design". These are almost the only things that are on-topic here and we mostly like it this way. I'm sure you know.
- dang 10y ago
  > Are you really suggesting there's really no bias towards certain demographics or viewpoints? No one's suggesting that, but the fact that you had to pick those odd examples to make your point is evidence that on many common issues (which I hesitate to name because even naming them makes sparks fly) this community is deeply divided. And when people complain about HN being biased against their view, it isn't ISIS or abortion they're thinking of.

You'd be surprised.

If only there were some kind of survey mechanism on the site to test the various hypotheses. ;-)

Well I've just checked the front page and it seems extremely focused on a small range of issues. So I'm currently unsurprised. Is there an article about the huge benefit of for-profit journals? How abortion is an affront to God? How ISIS is trying to do some good in an area? Are you really suggesting there's really no bias towards certain demographics or viewpoints?

Udik 10y ago
Are you two disagreeing about something, by any chance? :)
Noos 10y ago
You could add articles against drug legalization, articles from a conservative (i.e. not libertarian or liberal) basis, articles against increasing city density, articles in favor of cars and suburban living, articles in favor of strong intellectual property laws, articles on the religious ideas and uses of technology, etc. There's a definite demographic that posts here, and it is very much an echo chamber.
- dang 10y ago
  Here is an example of what I claim is not the case. We see angry arguments about all of those topics on HN. They're not even infrequent. My claim is that you (I don't mean you personally, but all of us in your position) perceive HN as an 'echo chamber' on such issues precisely because it isn't. I imagine there are small biases on some of them, but people exaggerate this into "groupthink", "bubble", "echo chamber", etc., not because that's how it is but because that's how it feels.
- type0 10y ago
  It is an echo chamber for some of the threads, for other - people agree to disagree.
reitanqild 10y ago
> Well I've just checked the front page and it seems extremely focused on a small range of issues. This is by "design". These are almost the only things that are on-topic here and we mostly like it this way. I'm sure you know.
dang 10y ago
> Are you really suggesting there's really no bias towards certain demographics or viewpoints? No one's suggesting that, but the fact that you had to pick those odd examples to make your point is evidence that on many common issues (which I hesitate to name because even naming them makes sparks fly) this community is deeply divided. And when people complain about HN being biased against their view, it isn't ISIS or abortion they're thinking of.