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Circa 2010: Hackernews was used to discuss hot new technology and folks share their learnings and research work. 2020: Hackernews is a place where folks share
by throwaway_4499 7y ago
Circa 2010: Hackernews was used to discuss hot new technology and folks share their learnings and research work.
2020: Hackernews is a place where folks share and discuss politics.
Instead of siding with one or the other, lets think about how we could help fix this.
- dang 7y agoPeople have been posting complaints about politics on HN since long before 2010. They were also complaining about HN turning into Reddit before it was even called Hacker News. Some of these perceptions are perennial. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869