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Looking at this thread as an interesting datapoint. Typically HN is thoughtful, well reasoned, and well informed. This thread is not holding that same level. W
by mellavora 7y ago
Looking at this thread as an interesting datapoint. Typically HN is thoughtful, well reasoned, and well informed. This thread is not holding that same level.
Wonder what this says about the level of concern over this bug.
- iamatworknow 7y agoThis has been true of every HN thread in the past week or two relating to COVID-19. The typical objectivity you see among the usual audience has disappeared.
- mellavora 7y agook, so I'm not the only person seeing this. Concerning. Thanks for sharing.
- s9w 7y agoI read on so many different places on the internet, and I have no idea where this is going. HN is very panicky, 4chan is the same or really in the post-apocalyptic stage. Reddit is extremely conservative / non-panicky (maybe because anything else gets banned). Newspapers and traditional media are all over the place with their panic levels. I don't know what to make of this.
- carapace 7y agoIt says approximately nothing unless you're somehow tracking individual users' behavior over time. - - - - Don't panic. Stay home and encourage others to stay home. We can't stop the virus (yet) but we can slow it down and buy time. "The only way to fight a pandemic is decency." (I'll link to the source if I can find it, I think it was an article in the Atlantic that went by here on HN this week.)
- mellavora 7y agoYes, this is the time for increased concern for your neighbors. And yes, avoidance behaviors will dramatically slow community spread.