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No, I haven't noticed improvement, but my model of improvement may not necessarily be one that we share. I see a more thought-diverse community as an improveme
by Dowwie 7y ago
No, I haven't noticed improvement, but my model of improvement may not necessarily be one that we share. I see a more thought-diverse community as an improvement. We learn from those who don't share the same views as us. Hacker News hasn't offered the opportunity for that to happen. I see valuable dissenting opinions buried at the bottom of the comments section all the time. This is for a variety of reasons, not just the opinions of the community. Two categorical reasons include architecture and design. Hacker News is designed to facilitate group-think. The timing of comment submissions and lack of nuance in the voting mechanism make it especially problematic for promoting thought diversity.
- gtirloni 7y agoI think you're arguing that the platform should help with finding thought-diverse comments, but how should it decide for you? If you want those comments, you scroll down. It seems the problem is that those comments aren't being prominently featured at the top. Should they? Also, I see plenty of comments that I disagree with being voted to the top. The key aspect is that they are well-thought comments, very polite and bring interesting information. I usually upvote those comments myself. In summary, I don't think the platform can fix its users.