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ZH boosters in these comments keep saying variants of this: "You have to have a good BS filter to find the good stuff on ZH, but it's there!" Sure, if you look
by timmytokyo 6y ago
ZH boosters in these comments keep saying variants of this: "You have to have a good BS filter to find the good stuff on ZH, but it's there!" Sure, if you look backwards and cherry-pick only the accurate stuff while ignoring everything they got horribly wrong, then yeah, the site's going to look good. But that's true of any bullshit-peddler. In fact, that's the very essence of what a bullshit-peddler does: throw bullshit at the wall, knowing that some of it will stick, and gullible people will forget about all the stuff that didn't stick.
If you really want to prove the site's credibility, then perform some of this vaunted BS filtering in real time. Give us some examples of accurate predictions ZH is making today that can't be found on any mainstream media site, and let us evaluate their conformance with reality 3 or 4 months from now.
- koheripbal 6y agoNo one is trying to demonstrate the sites "credibility". The point is to get the unfiltered feed of news. ZH gets news from various sources - many are totally unsubstantiated and have varying degrees of evidence. This isn't a "reputable news" source. It is a RAW feed. You need to be an adult to understand and read it and disregard the BS.
- timmytokyo 6y agoSo take my challenge. Give me an example of your BS filter in action.
- pottertheotter 6y agoI agree. This is by far the weirdest discussion I've seen on HN. For a site that usually has pretty logical discussions, everything has gone out the window here.
- timmytokyo 6y agoOver the last few years, I've noticed an increasing prevalence of HN comments that skew alt-right-adjacent, especially on certain topics. I'm not sure what explains it, but it's been a clear trend.