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I think the downvoting is pretty ubiquitous across HN now-a-days. This will also happen with any criticism of Apple, for example. Most of HN is an echo chamber
by yepthatsreality 6y ago
I think the downvoting is pretty ubiquitous across HN now-a-days. This will also happen with any criticism of Apple, for example. Most of HN is an echo chamber as evidenced by the often off topic posts and discussion that reach the front page. I still come here for insight but I rarely have in-depth discussions here because HN and the crowd simply no longer cater to that kind of discourse for the most part. This is probably due to its increased popularity.
- ahnick 6y agowhere do you go instead?
- yepthatsreality 6y agoI just started having the conversations with my peers and colleagues instead. The net benefit of getting upvoted here is minimal and the social/networking aspects as well. In person convos really can be much more rewarding and fruitful because you can focus it rather than post on HN and some person comes along who is offended can derail and kill the conversation. I’m honestly more jaded about online interaction than most though.
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