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I don't think HN community is particularly healthy. People here have severely biased views on certain issues - Especially social issues related to money and pol
by cryptica 7y ago
I don't think HN community is particularly healthy. People here have severely biased views on certain issues - Especially social issues related to money and politics.
A few hours ago, a video which explained how the government (the Fed) injects money into the economy was quietly removed from the front page even though it was getting a lot of upvotes and made some interesting points.
HN is becoming increasingly political and divisive. The losers of our modern economy have already started leaving the site and those remaining are being actively downvoted by remaining elitist community members for not sharing the same techno-utopian ideals.
Also, to prove my point, this comment will almost certainly get down-voted. It will get down-voted in spite of me saying so because most people won't even bother reading past the first line of my comment. The community is extremely defensive of itself and its techno-utopian ideals.
- sankalpb 7y agoThanks for this reply, I'm interested in the 'down-voting' you are describing, do think that type of HN member behavior is related or not related to the 'defensiveness' and 'techno-utopian ideals' you feel characterizes the HN community? For you, does 'increasingly political and divisive' signal whether an online community, in this case HN, is 'particularly healthy'?