I too am surprised at that label for HN. I agree that compared to other popular social media forums (Twitter, Reddit, facebook, etc) Hacker News by and large se

I too am surprised at that label for HN. I agree that compared to other popular social media forums (Twitter, Reddit, facebook, etc) Hacker News by and large seems civil. There are certainly some trolls and bad-faith arguments, but it's only a small subset of comments.