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Although my account is recent, I've lurked HN for many years, almost daily. I'm not dismissing the experience in the post, and I'm more surprised by it since I
by rvieira 6y ago
Although my account is recent, I've lurked HN for many years, almost daily.
I'm not dismissing the experience in the post, and I'm more surprised by it since I rarely find examples of open bigotry or sexism in the comments (although I noticed that in recent years some discussions are getting very polarized).
People in here seem to me to be open to rational discussion, and, yes, you do get controversial opinions, but mostly I think people are open for discussion.
- jolux 6y agoIt’s gotten better over the years, to the moderators’ credit, but it’s still very difficult if not impossible to have civil and compassionate discussions about articles like this here.
- trangon 6y agoHN, like Reddit, rewards you for writing comments that other people agree with. That’s why controversial opinions aren’t very common.