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Most articles in this website are somewhat anti-china and most are short.

madiathomas 7y ago
I am glad I am not the only one who feel this way. Hacker News is a well-oiled pro-West propaganda machinery lately. Not sure if it is nationalism forcing people to be hostile towards China, Russia, India and anything not from the West. I introduced a lot of people to HN, but they get turned off by these pro-West propaganda and leave. Such a turn off. I try to avoid news about China, Russia, India and anything from my beloved continent of Africa because I know comments will be mostly negative. I am not a fan of echo chambers. I am forced to tolerate this echo chamber because of tech-related news. How I wish HN that can focus 100% on tech and related news. That was going to be awesome for people like me who don't like to be force-fed propaganda. Tech news is the only thing keeping me from quitting it altogether, but amount of propaganda being pushed to the front page will really push me to the edge.
- oytis 7y ago
  > Not sure if it is nationalism forcing people to be hostile towards China, Russia, India and anything not from the West. I don't see a lot of negativity towards India on HN. Many people here are just anti-authoritarian, which hacker community has been from the beginning.
  - z2 7y ago
    I'm oversensitive to this and my comment is sort of off-topic, but I've seen a fair bit of confusion, especially on China, where people fail to distinguish between the authoritarian government, nationals, and people of ethnic descent. This confusion has led to some awful comments, like "I obfuscate my code before sharing with my Chinese colleagues because they are here to steal." What does that even mean? Chinese by name? By accent? By passport and secret party membership? I'd almost prefer to see tropes, e.g. "Russian hacking" or "Chinese social credit score" than thinly-veiled attacks or blatant over-generalizations on entire populations.
- mrep 7y ago
  > pro-West propaganda Ha! I would say it's mostly just pro-europe considering the amount of outrage porn there is against the big US tech companies, US government/culture on things like social safety nets, the US military and what not which is ironic considering this website is hosted by a US venture capital firm.

I am glad I am not the only one who feel this way. Hacker News is a well-oiled pro-West propaganda machinery lately. Not sure if it is nationalism forcing people to be hostile towards China, Russia, India and anything not from the West. I introduced a lot of people to HN, but they get turned off by these pro-West propaganda and leave. Such a turn off. I try to avoid news about China, Russia, India and anything from my beloved continent of Africa because I know comments will be mostly negative. I am not a fan of echo chambers. I am forced to tolerate this echo chamber because of tech-related news. How I wish HN that can focus 100% on tech and related news. That was going to be awesome for people like me who don't like to be force-fed propaganda. Tech news is the only thing keeping me from quitting it altogether, but amount of propaganda being pushed to the front page will really push me to the edge.

oytis 7y ago
> Not sure if it is nationalism forcing people to be hostile towards China, Russia, India and anything not from the West. I don't see a lot of negativity towards India on HN. Many people here are just anti-authoritarian, which hacker community has been from the beginning.
- z2 7y ago
  I'm oversensitive to this and my comment is sort of off-topic, but I've seen a fair bit of confusion, especially on China, where people fail to distinguish between the authoritarian government, nationals, and people of ethnic descent. This confusion has led to some awful comments, like "I obfuscate my code before sharing with my Chinese colleagues because they are here to steal." What does that even mean? Chinese by name? By accent? By passport and secret party membership? I'd almost prefer to see tropes, e.g. "Russian hacking" or "Chinese social credit score" than thinly-veiled attacks or blatant over-generalizations on entire populations.
mrep 7y ago
> pro-West propaganda Ha! I would say it's mostly just pro-europe considering the amount of outrage porn there is against the big US tech companies, US government/culture on things like social safety nets, the US military and what not which is ironic considering this website is hosted by a US venture capital firm.