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Well I too get down votes very often. And basically if I comment something on HN I count it as success if my karma doesn't go down after I comment. Because of
by zaro 9y ago
Well I too get down votes very often. And basically if I comment something on HN I count it as success if my karma doesn't go down after I comment.
Because of this I tend to see HN as this club of extremely narrow minded people where any opinion that differs is punished.
But this is mostly citral thing. First by the fact that I am not a English speaker and second that even if most people won't admit it they have very binary thinking. To which the up vote / down vote buttons fit perfectly :)
So if you want your not so mainstream opinion to be appreciated I think HN is very poor place for this.
- mankash666 9y agoI agree - HN is an echo chamber. A few patterns: 1. Generally left leaning politically 2. HN prefers SQL db to MongoDB, despite Mongo's suitability to certain use cases 3. GPL == Holy. Somehow all software should be given away with the most copyleft license one can apply. Yet, the GPL hardliners gather in droves here - a website that isn't open source, run by a VC company whose mission is to make money, mostly off software. Ironic
- muzani 9y agoInteresting that this is downvoted.
- neverminder 9y agoDon't forget the PC Police - if you want to say something even remotely not politically correct better keep it to yourself, or you'll be downvoted to oblivion.
- iovrthoughtthis 9y agoIsn't PC just code for offensive? Can you give me an example of something you consider not PC that isn't also offensive?
- shortoncash 9y agoThis was an interesting challenge. Here's my attempt: "Merry Christmas." The more PC term is "Happy Holidays", but I'm not so sure "Merry Christmas" is offensive contextually -- at least, not always.
- KajMagnus 9y agoI think this does not answer the question. I don't think "Merry Christmas" or "Holidays" is the type of example @iovrthoughtthis is looking for.
- iovrthoughtthis 9y agoI'm also not sure those are the type of "PC" that was meant initially. Though I could be wrong. Does HN get up in arms when people say Merry Christmas?
- 0xcde4c3db 9y agoMost of the actual conflicts that get reported as people being "offended" by "Christmas cheer" or similar involve legal challenges against government entities endorsing or privileging a religious interpretation of Christmas, such as local governments dedicating public space exclusively to a nativity scene. This sort of thing is a pretty blatant Establishment Clause violation. This then gets spun by right-wing media as a "War on Christmas" waged by liberals who hate Christianity, which then turns into parts of their audience believing that saying "Merry Christmas" as a private citizen is somehow a noble act of defiance.
- DanBC 9y ago> 1. Generally left leaning politically I'm always surprised to hear this, because to me HN has a dominant right-wing bias.