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No. Hacker News has become a forum for uber nationalistic right-winged libertarians. Be them Israeli, Catalanian, Amurrikkkan, or other, HN lays somewhere in-b

No. Hacker News has become a forum for uber nationalistic right-winged libertarians. Be them Israeli, Catalanian, Amurrikkkan, or other, HN lays somewhere in-between 4chan and the daily stormer. Imma keep posting what I want, Adolf.

dang 7y ago
People with passionate politics usually perceive Hacker News as favoring their enemies. This is a cognitive bias: the comments we dislike make a stronger impression than the comments we agree with, so it feels like the community is against us. In reality, it's a large community with a wide spectrum. The people with opposite politics notice the opposite comments and so have the opposite picture of HN. Here are some examples from what I assume is the opposite side to yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21192430 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21192430 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20956287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20956287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20645202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20645202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20644122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20644122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20438487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20438487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20384662 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20384662 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20202305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20202305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19912334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19912334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19471335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19471335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19325297 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19325297 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18664482 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18664482 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18544961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18544961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18189135 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18189135 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17197581 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17197581 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17002125 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17002125 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16997697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16997697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16947646 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16947646 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16397133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16397133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16134205 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16134205 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16085548 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16085548 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16061393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16061393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16058468 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16058468 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16022748 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16022748 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15937781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15937781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15752730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15752730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15585780 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15585780 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15388778 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15388778 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15307915 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15307915 Sorry for bombarding you with ridiculously many links, but maybe that makes the point better.

dang 7y ago

People with passionate politics usually perceive Hacker News as favoring their enemies. This is a cognitive bias: the comments we dislike make a stronger impression than the comments we agree with, so it feels like the community is against us. In reality, it's a large community with a wide spectrum. The people with opposite politics notice the opposite comments and so have the opposite picture of HN. Here are some examples from what I assume is the opposite side to yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21192430 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21192430 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20956287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20956287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20645202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20645202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20644122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20644122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20438487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20438487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20384662 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20384662 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20202305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20202305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19912334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19912334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19471335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19471335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19325297 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19325297 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18664482 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18664482 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18544961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18544961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18189135 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18189135 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17197581 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17197581 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17002125 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17002125 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16997697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16997697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16947646 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16947646 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16397133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16397133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16134205 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16134205 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16085548 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16085548 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16061393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16061393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16058468 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16058468 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16022748 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16022748 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15937781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15937781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15752730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15752730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15585780 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15585780 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15388778 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15388778 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15307915 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15307915 Sorry for bombarding you with ridiculously many links, but maybe that makes the point better.