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Apart from that not being remotely what's being said, HN is not one person, it's a lot of different people with different opinions, commenting on different arti
by mynameisvlad 8y ago
Apart from that not being remotely what's being said, HN is not one person, it's a lot of different people with different opinions, commenting on different articles.
- pvg 8y agoI'm not sure what is 'remotely not being said' and I have some vague understanding of the idea HN is not one person. But there are definitely two (among many) strong tribes of HN-popular belief - let's call them the Gell-Mannicheans and the National Security Epistoleros. It's weird (to me) that they rarely meet in threads on stories concerning both! That could be because they live in different timezones or have different interests. It could be that the Epistoleros are just that much more numerous or that for some people epistolerism trumps gell-mannicheism. Or something else altogether. I find it a curious thing to observe and think about - it's not some underhanded 'zomg lolz, I have caught you in logic error' comment.