> I bet readers of HN would be pretty upset if they were similarly stereotyped based on a narrow but vocal minority Would they be upset or not, but that's wha

> I bet readers of HN would be pretty upset if they were similarly stereotyped based on a narrow but vocal minority Would they be upset or not, but that's what is happening pretty much in every article about "Silicon Valley" that I've read lately in mainstream press. Stereotyping is rampant. And movie-style hackers is way not the worst stereotype promoted by the press. > Both Journalists and people in Tech use twitter to have reasonable discussions about current events Unless "reasonable discussion" means "throwing insults or 'right on, bro!'s at each other", twitter is pretty much built to prevent any possibility of reasonable discussions. I can allow that despite being built to prevent it, some people with heroic superhuman effort manage to do it anyway. I tip off my hat to them and remain astonished why they chose such an unsuitable platform. But then there are people who write US Constitution on a grain of rice - just for the sake of accomplishment. But this is a rare occurrence which is completely atypical to what is usually happening on twitter. Probably the grain of rice thing happens more often.