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What's wrong with HN community? In my perspective it's the most open community I've seen online. Disclaimer: [M27]

by szatkus 10y ago

grzm 10y ago
"What's wrong with HN community?" I'm going to go kinda meta here. Feel free to dismiss if that's not your bag. "wrong" implies good/bad, which also implies a purpose: good or bad for what? Consider the question "what kind of community should HN be?" From here, let's move on to your statement: "In my perspective it's the most open community I've seen online." It sounds like in your opinion HN should be an open community. Is it as open as it should be? Is the "most open community [you've] seen online" as open as it could be? should be? As you want it to be? Given that there are people that don't feel as welcome as they want to, what does that imply about the community's openness? I don't have the answers to this. I think it's human nature to tend to group, and not every group is for every body. I have seen behavior here that I think is unwelcoming, uncivil, and uncalled for. Maybe that's not the same as open, but I think they're closely related. Does that mean people should toughen up? Be more considerate? Leave if they don't like it? This doesn't match what I would like the HN community to be, but I know I'm relatively new, and that reflects me. Like I said, I don't have the answers.
- szatkus 10y ago
  Thanks for your comment. As everyone here I have my own idea for the community. But that's just my opinion and what I see here is quite good. As for comments which are "unwelcoming, uncivil, and uncalled for" they are usually downvoted. I use RSS, so usually I'm late to the party. And I rarely upvote anything.
  - grzm 10y ago
    I'm glad to see that those kinds of comments are usually down voted as well. And compared to Twitter and what I've heard of Reddit, in general it is pretty good here. As I'm learning how the community works, I've been leaving "showdead" on so I see a lot of stuff, and the different color calls my attention to the worst of it, at least for now. These types of conversations continue to pop up, with varying levels of civility. In your opinion, why is that? Do you think we eventually will find some sort of agreement? Will they diminish? How do they contribute to the community?

What's wrong with HN community? In my perspective it's the most open community I've seen online. Disclaimer: [M27]

by szatkus 10y ago

What's wrong with HN community? In my perspective it's the most open community I've seen online. Disclaimer: [M27]

grzm 10y ago

"What's wrong with HN community?" I'm going to go kinda meta here. Feel free to dismiss if that's not your bag. "wrong" implies good/bad, which also implies a purpose: good or bad for what? Consider the question "what kind of community should HN be?" From here, let's move on to your statement: "In my perspective it's the most open community I've seen online." It sounds like in your opinion HN should be an open community. Is it as open as it should be? Is the "most open community [you've] seen online" as open as it could be? should be? As you want it to be? Given that there are people that don't feel as welcome as they want to, what does that imply about the community's openness? I don't have the answers to this. I think it's human nature to tend to group, and not every group is for every body. I have seen behavior here that I think is unwelcoming, uncivil, and uncalled for. Maybe that's not the same as open, but I think they're closely related. Does that mean people should toughen up? Be more considerate? Leave if they don't like it? This doesn't match what I would like the HN community to be, but I know I'm relatively new, and that reflects me. Like I said, I don't have the answers.

szatkus 10y ago
Thanks for your comment. As everyone here I have my own idea for the community. But that's just my opinion and what I see here is quite good. As for comments which are "unwelcoming, uncivil, and uncalled for" they are usually downvoted. I use RSS, so usually I'm late to the party. And I rarely upvote anything.
- grzm 10y ago
  I'm glad to see that those kinds of comments are usually down voted as well. And compared to Twitter and what I've heard of Reddit, in general it is pretty good here. As I'm learning how the community works, I've been leaving "showdead" on so I see a lot of stuff, and the different color calls my attention to the worst of it, at least for now. These types of conversations continue to pop up, with varying levels of civility. In your opinion, why is that? Do you think we eventually will find some sort of agreement? Will they diminish? How do they contribute to the community?