Thanks for the thoughtful response. I couldn't possibly disagree more with most of your sentiments, but I appreciate you taking the time to write them out. To d

Thanks for the thoughtful response. I couldn't possibly disagree more with most of your sentiments, but I appreciate you taking the time to write them out. To discount the validity of "echochambers" and "group think" is a pretty dangerous strategy, I think. If you were to poll HN users on what programming languages are successful/worth using, as a topical example, you would (and do/have) get very different responses from, say, /r/java (which is an extreme example and also an echochamber, but kinda proves the point). To then go on to suggest a "no true scotsman" example of nobility wrt pointing out echochambers is also a pretty dangerous sentiment. Pointing out an echochamber is an echochamber is almost so obvious it's barely worth noting - to suggest there is anything "noble" about being a part of and/or not being aware of an echochamber is silly. Messageboards are echochambers. We are here because we have largely similar interests, and the posts on this board are pretty generally related to those interests. Obviously it is an echochamber, and obviously as I am posting here I am a part of it. I'm not sure how that means it is also not worthwhile to sometimes point out/poke fun at the obvious echochamber we're both a part of. Anyway, best of luck moving forward.