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On some of those peak days of BLM protests, I came on here and it was like the whole thing wasn't happening. It did seem strange. If nothing else people here s
by asveikau 6y ago
On some of those peak days of BLM protests, I came on here and it was like the whole thing wasn't happening. It did seem strange.
If nothing else people here should stop pretending they're above the zeitgeist. How many others remember the slashdot threads on 9/11, for example? This is a big defining moment in our times worth more conscious observance. Tech cares too.
- conductr 6y agoI noticed the silence of HN too. Was looking for some level headed discussions on the topic. Then what I recalled was around March onset of shutdown, HN was posting some things about funding startups in the space (being part of the covid solution). I was expecting to see something similar for startups that could improve race relations in some way, was interested in how technology/startups could be a part of the solution. chirp chirp
- loopz 6y agoFor the boring technical solution, read https://hckrnews.com/ https://hckrnews.com/ . There's loads of political posts on HN.
- idiocratic 6y agoMaybe HN (and the web) has become less US-centric and more global? In Europe the issue is marginal to say the least, in Asia I believe they don't even consider it news-worthy, and so on. The opposite of "defining" for most of the planet.
- hckr_news 6y agoWeren’t Europeans on the street marching in solidarity? I wouldn’t dismiss it entirely as a US issue.
- loopz 6y agoGlobal solidarity demos against racism gets lost on US-only centrism.
- ananth22by7 6y agoThose of us in browsing HN and tech news in India find the inundation of BLM posts unrelatable. Tech and product is something people across the world can relate to. US-centric political issues are not.
- loopz 6y agoHN is heavily moderated by users and mods, so you get to see what content according to site policy, mostly. If you want all the stories, there's https://hckrnews.com/ https://hckrnews.com/ sorted by time. Lots of politics gets through enough to follow the zeitgeist, without getting forever lost, like this guy.
- wayneftw 6y ago“Tech cares too”? What does that even mean? That’s the sort of sweeping generalization about a group of people that racists make.
- asveikau 6y agoIt means we are human beings and current events are relevant to us. We are not above it. It is not an irrelevant topic somehow beneath us. Our professions, our tendency towards rational view of the world, should not be a mechanism to deny reality and put ourselves on pedestals, to create distance with other human beings. When we dismiss a major event as not relevant to tech that is what we are doing. I see it as somewhat egotistical.
- wayneftw 6y agoSo, you feel that every single niche forum must be discussing this or they're not being human? What if this were a body building forum or a site where chefs and their kitchen cooks talk shop? Would you feel the same way about the users of those sites? I'm sure plenty of people in tech don't really give a shit as is their right.
- asveikau 6y ago> Would you feel the same way about the users of those sites? Yes, it would not at all be unreasonable for any of those categories. If they are seeing it all over the place as we all are, having intense reactions as many people are and extend the sentiment into their niche forums that seems totally legit and reasonable. I suppose you have a right to be a grumpy person and deny them it, but, I would say relax, give them a break, and maybe stop taking yourself so seriously.
- jka 6y agoNote that there's a function available to view the historic frontpage content on HN for a given date: https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=YYYY-MM-DD https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=YYYY-MM-DD