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It's really annoying to me that Hacker News is the forum which I regard as having the highest bar for conversational civility, but sadly the community completel
by ryandvm 6y ago
It's really annoying to me that Hacker News is the forum which I regard as having the highest bar for conversational civility, but sadly the community completely refuses to discuss anything besides tech news and startup cheerleading.
- s9w 6y agoI cannot attest to that at all. A good portion of all highly voted submissions were against the rules in the last two weeks and not tech at all.
- non-entity 6y agoNot even just the submissions, these sort of articles end up in discussions that break majority of thr In Comments guidelines, shattering any illusions that HN is somehow superior to everywhere else on the internet. IMO, I don't think the articles should neccesarily be flagged, as the rules seem kinda loosely interpreted on this stuff, but more of the comments should probably be flagged than get so.
- CarelessExpert 6y agoBluntly, if I wanted that, I'll go somewhere else. Speaking as a non-American, American politics already takes up far too much oxygen in every dang forum I participate in. I appreciate places where I can find respite. And I say that while commenting on HN about an American political post because when I see them, I just can't frickin' help myself... sigh