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I like HN because despite the liberal bias (IMO) responses to my conservative views are often decently thought out. Of course I get the down-votes too, but it
by yters 9y ago
I like HN because despite the liberal bias (IMO) responses to my conservative views are often decently thought out. Of course I get the down-votes too, but it helps me maintain my martyr complex. Best of both worlds.
- opportune 9y agoOut of curiosity, have you found anywhere on the internet that is both tech-focused and does not have a liberal bias? I'm sure you could find places that lean libertarian, but I don't know of anywhere that I would consider traditionally conservative To add to your point, I feel that the conservative views on this website are also generally intelligent and thoughtful, even though I mostly disagree with them.
- yters 9y agoYes, the uncommondescent blog is heavily conservative, and science and tech focused. But, in general there is a correlation between tech and liberal or libertarian. But this is because that crowd tends to eschew the time consuming obligations that accompany a lived out traditional conservative viewpoint, which would prohibit one from heavy online participation.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoI don't think it's about time constraints, there is plenty of conservatism elsewhere on the internet. Possibly it might be age related.
- yters 9y agoThere are the Breitbart and Fox News message boards, but that's mostly an older crowd with much time on their hands. The 20-30 conservative crowd is probably busy raising families and being involved with their communities.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoPresumably the 20-30 liberal crowd is also busy raising families and being involved with their communities.
- mindcrime 9y agoIn years past, I frequently found that techie oriented sites tended to lean libertarian (or "classical liberal") more than "liberal" (in the modern sense). In the early days of HN there was a much more markedly libertarian bias here (IMO). Hardly surprising though, given that at one time there was such a close association between tech and libertarian thought that people coined the term Technolibertarianism[1]. But it seems to me that the zeitgeist here has drifted more towards the "liberal" camp over the past few years. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technolibertarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technolibertarianism