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HN can be brusque.

• dang 7y ago
  The original correction was also taken as brusque. The problem is that HN is a large audience that feels like a small one. It's great that it feels small, because we get more intimate discussion that way. But its actual size means that the long tail of possible reactions is really fat.
  • smitty1e 7y ago
    I also appreciate that it strives for a higher SNR than the average site. However, HN also has felt quite intolerant to serious views deemed heterodox on more than on occasion. It can be fascinating to look at the karma score, see it take a hit, and wonder what orthodoxy I have offended.