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Well, it can be a good idea to ask others to assess something you don't know enough about, if you trust them. Hacker News is at least more trustworthy than most
by Throw_Away_8463 7y ago
Well, it can be a good idea to ask others to assess something you don't know enough about, if you trust them. Hacker News is at least more trustworthy than most other online platforms.
- mmjaa 7y agoThere's nothing more inherently 'trustworthy' in HN than there is in Fark. What there is, is a downvote button and an understanding that, if someone says something 'unpopular to the community', the community will deal with them. This definitely speaks to the subject of the article and is very telling in and of itself: most online communities are comfort-communities. This seems to be bleeding into offline life at a rather rapid clip ..