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Only on HN does an article about a woman being attacked and sexually assaulted devolve into conversation about technical minutia.
by magic_beans 7y ago
Only on HN does an article about a woman being attacked and sexually assaulted devolve into conversation about technical minutia.
- GhostVII 7y agoIsn't that the point of HN? Everyone agrees that it was terrible that it happened, so repeating it isn't very productive or interesting
- jameslk 7y agoYes, just like how all the articles about China currently plastering the homepage aren't devolving into outrage laden diatribes. Same goes for articles about global warming, Facebook and RMS. HN is above politics and even emotion itself!... unless it involves subjects that upset the ingroup.
- toyg 7y agoWell, on most other news sites it would devolve in a conversation on Trump / Brexit / Trudeau... at least on the technical minutiae we can talk about things we know something about.
- anchpop 7y agoWhat would you prefer the conversation involve? People get assaulted all the time, the main reason this story is interesting is the technical element. It has really interesting privacy implications and is inherently technical