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There is also a very strong anti-capitalist trend. Anti-funding, anti-money, anti-profits. This is bonkers for a startup-community.
by conanbatt 7y ago
There is also a very strong anti-capitalist trend. Anti-funding, anti-money, anti-profits. This is bonkers for a startup-community.
- dang 7y agoThat's because it's not just a startup community. It's an amalgam of many subcommunities, including (in no particular order) startup founders/employees, bootstrappers and freelancers, open-source hackers, academics, internet culture / forum mavens, activists, and many more. I think it's probably true that the anti-startup voices have grown, but that's also reflective of larger social trends.
- SturgeonsLaw 7y agoThe namesake original hacker culture tended to have a solid anti-establishment streak and valued accumulation of knowledge over material goods, and I think that's still highly represented among the community here
- conanbatt 7y agoIts a forum literally made by an "incubator" that gets VC investors for startups. People that come to HN to spout anti-capitalist, anti-investment, anti-profits are in the wrong community.
- bawolff 7y agoI haven't been around here that long, but i feel like hn may have started that way but at this point is more the modern version of /. [But not quite as "bad"]. Where we start is not where we end up.
- Kaze404 7y agoDisagree. HN being what it is makes it especially important that people with challenging ideas speak up. If you're looking for an echo chamber there are better communities.