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Actually IMO majority of hacker news commenters are left leaning, and I try avoiding political news here because their rethoric is tiring (to me).
by afsina 10y ago
Actually IMO majority of hacker news commenters are left leaning, and I try avoiding political news here because their rethoric is tiring (to me).
- vacri 10y agoI think it's quite the opposite. There's a lot of people living in the high-paid tech bubble here. Actual lefties seem thin on the ground, and less numerous than libertarians. If HN is seen as left-leaning, then the political diversity spectrum in the US is in truly dire shape.
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- witty_username 10y agoI was just thinking on this. I notice that the comments usually the fit the article. For example, this has tons of comments sympathetic to Stallman (he's generally pro-socialist). While some other pro-libertarian article would have mostly comments sympathetic to capitalism, libertarian, etc. This occurs on Reddit too. So libertarian/pro-capitalist people see HN as left-leaning, while left-leaning people see HN as pro-capitalist.