Sort of, but in the spirit of Groucho, I wouldn't want to be a member of any in-group that would have me. I avoid Reddit these days, except in specialist subred

Sort of, but in the spirit of Groucho, I wouldn't want to be a member of any in-group that would have me. I avoid Reddit these days, except in specialist subreddits, it feels like wading through a mire, and highly combative. The over-arching subculture is a little much for me. I wouldn't come here instead if it was too welcoming - getting to the end-result of high-quality discussion involves being harsh or exclusive in some way, and false-positive/debatable-positive moderation happens. I'd personally like to see a little less technophilia (or more philosophy/critical commentary), but you can't say WYS!=WYG with a name like Hacker News.