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Here’s a freebie: the HN audience is uber-highbrow and likes longer articles on weekends. would y'all describe HN as highbrow? seems pretty populist to me. e
by pgbovine 16y ago
Here’s a freebie: the HN audience is uber-highbrow and likes longer articles on weekends.
would y'all describe HN as highbrow? seems pretty populist to me. e.g., every time there's mention of elite universities or anything prestigious in 'the establishment', it gets ripped to shreds and denigrated as being for elitists.
- inmygarage 16y agointerested to hear what people think about this question. i would say unequivocally yes, but i wrote the post.
- NickPollard 16y agoTo me 'highbrow' means someone who enjoys things that they think are intelligent. Whilst the actual level of the articles and discussion may be in doubt, the important point is that HNers would like them to be intellectual.
- orangecat 16y agoAnti-establishment but intellectual.
- sprout 16y ago"Every revolutionary is a closet aristocrat." - Frank Herbert
- mkramlich 16y agoi found there's a great deal of pro-higher-ed elitism here. the "if you didn't do grad school CS you can't possibly be as good as me" mindset, in particular.