> Here's what a healthy online community has: respect for other members, maturity, empathy, self-awareness, strong moderation, and a diverse enough set of views

> Here's what a healthy online community has: respect for other members, maturity, empathy, self-awareness, strong moderation, and a diverse enough set of views from participants to make conversations well-rounded and thought provoking. Your view it's very interesting. When I took a psychology course one of the first things that hit me was the fact that what in psychology is considered "normal" personality is full of internal struggle, sometimes violent - depending on the particular circumstances of the individual. Whereas the absence of such struggle is associated with some personality disorders. When you look at it from that angle, the HN community, in spite of its flaws, is very healthy. And I really appreciate it, in spite of occasionally getting 10 downvotes a day.