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Group think is getting worse. If you have a minority opinion it is more difficult to avoid the bottom of the heap, the standards for a post rise dramatically, a
by jnordwick 9y ago
Group think is getting worse. If you have a minority opinion it is more difficult to avoid the bottom of the heap, the standards for a post rise dramatically, and even then there is no guarantee. Sometimes you comments will hit the negatives regardless.
( Edit: heres my latest -2 comment which i really don't understand
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16401221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16401221 )
There are some sacred cow on HN too that you cannot go against: meltdown/spectre is overblown, Google tech isn't the greatest, or numerous economic or political opinions.
It also seems like there has been a relaxing of posting subject matter requirements. Naked politics now hit the front page daily when mods used to give at least lip service to deleting it. I think this has done a lot of bring in tribalism - online political discussing seems to bring it out in people and it spreads like a cancer to the rest of the site.
I think if you shoved the political discussion to a side channel, the discussion all around would improve.
- yesenadam 9y agoHehe I had a look at your comment.. It started: "Not new. Only read the first and last page if the paper.." And you have no idea why that might be downvoted? I don't think you can have tried to understand. Maybe the downvoters got no further than me (i.e. the bit I quoted) which already has arrogance, ignorance, carelessness—or so it seems—and had already had enough.
- quickthrower2 9y agoQuite ironic "I didn't read the whole paper but..." "I didn't read your whole comment but I got to that bit and I downvoted you!"