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>I have no problem there, people are very friendly on every reddit sub I enjoy visiting. The same is for twitter. The only way to have a good time on those pla

>I have no problem there, people are very friendly on every reddit sub I enjoy visiting. The same is for twitter. The only way to have a good time on those platforms and to a lesser (but increasing, in my unscientific observation) degree, HN is to only express opinions that toe the party line (party line being relative to whatever the mainstream opinion is on the platform or subset of it in question). Those platforms have features designed to amplify consensus and quash dissent.

tomp 7y ago
or not care about downvotes
- AlexTWithBeard 7y ago
  But why would you post if you don't care about people's reaction to your message?
  - humanrebar 7y ago
    You can care about how some people react without overvaluing the aggregate reaction.
AlexTWithBeard 7y ago
It's good you mentioned HN. I also find it to be an extremely reasonable forum. Radical opinions pop up every once in a while, but somehow they still manage to cause little outrage and hatred. Kudos to the team (and all of us too!)
- non-entity 7y ago
  > Radical opinions pop up every once in a while Is it just me, or are they becoming more common. I could have sworn when I browsed HN several years back there was next to non of it, but theres a good chance I'm just remembering incorrectly
  - dsfyu404ed 7y ago
    The number greyed out comments at the bottom is defiantly increased. I'm not sure if that's because there's more extremists or because people are less tolerant of the minority viewpoint or more willing to down-vote low effort jokes than previously. We definitely have more obvious bots that post walls of propaganda interspersed with links to sources of questionable reliability. The biggest thing I've noticed is that recently (like 6mo or less) people are much more likely to down-vote every recent comment in your history if you say something that offends the median ideology. This used to Never(TM) happen but now it seems like even the most minor affront to someone's world view triggers it.
    - dsfyu404ed 7y ago
      >The biggest thing I've noticed is that recently (like 6mo or less) people are much more likely to down-vote every recent comment in your history if you say something that offends the median ideology. This used to Never(TM) happen but now it seems like even the most minor affront to someone's world view triggers it. Case in point my comment about working hours in a totally different thread that was apparently offensive to the average. Literally everything else I said today had a couple up-votes until I dropped that one now they're all negative and that one's very negative. I'm not particularly distraught because the internet is full of idiots but it's kind of annoying when they try to silence your opinion on a bunch of topics not related to the one they disagree with you on.

tomp 7y ago

or not care about downvotes

AlexTWithBeard 7y ago
But why would you post if you don't care about people's reaction to your message?
- humanrebar 7y ago
  You can care about how some people react without overvaluing the aggregate reaction.

AlexTWithBeard 7y ago

It's good you mentioned HN. I also find it to be an extremely reasonable forum. Radical opinions pop up every once in a while, but somehow they still manage to cause little outrage and hatred. Kudos to the team (and all of us too!)

non-entity 7y ago
> Radical opinions pop up every once in a while Is it just me, or are they becoming more common. I could have sworn when I browsed HN several years back there was next to non of it, but theres a good chance I'm just remembering incorrectly
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  The number greyed out comments at the bottom is defiantly increased. I'm not sure if that's because there's more extremists or because people are less tolerant of the minority viewpoint or more willing to down-vote low effort jokes than previously. We definitely have more obvious bots that post walls of propaganda interspersed with links to sources of questionable reliability. The biggest thing I've noticed is that recently (like 6mo or less) people are much more likely to down-vote every recent comment in your history if you say something that offends the median ideology. This used to Never(TM) happen but now it seems like even the most minor affront to someone's world view triggers it.
  - dsfyu404ed 7y ago
    >The biggest thing I've noticed is that recently (like 6mo or less) people are much more likely to down-vote every recent comment in your history if you say something that offends the median ideology. This used to Never(TM) happen but now it seems like even the most minor affront to someone's world view triggers it. Case in point my comment about working hours in a totally different thread that was apparently offensive to the average. Literally everything else I said today had a couple up-votes until I dropped that one now they're all negative and that one's very negative. I'm not particularly distraught because the internet is full of idiots but it's kind of annoying when they try to silence your opinion on a bunch of topics not related to the one they disagree with you on.