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You know a place is in the sweet spot when people complain about it being too left wing and too right wing at the same time.
by hx87 10y ago
You know a place is in the sweet spot when people complain about it being too left wing and too right wing at the same time.
- InclinedPlane 10y agoNot at all. You know a place is in the sweet spot when people say "I really value the discussion here, it's often very enlightening and interesting." Being left/right/center or whatever is an oversimplification of "political" discussions, and claiming that having a "balance" is healthy is the same silliness that leads to things like "Crossfire" on CNN. What matters more is ensuring that productive debates on potentially thorny topics can occur.
- hx87 10y agoAnd in my experience at least, I have seen and participated in many, many valuable, interesting and enlightening discussions here on HN, and see little evidence that it is going away from that. True, badly made arguments are treated rather harshly, but that is more of an advantage than a disadvantage for a discussion forum.