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Absolutely, diversity is incredibly important when we're talking about different kinds of "intellectually curious" people. When diversity means letting in the
by benjaminjosephw 6y ago
Absolutely, diversity is incredibly important when we're talking about different kinds of "intellectually curious" people.
When diversity means letting in the trolls, the marketers and those less inclined to input constructively, that's when conversations start to degrade and loose value. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to encourage first type of diversity without becoming vulnerable to the second.
- elorant 6y agoThat's why we have voting. You start trolling, you're getting the boot.
- Chris2048 6y agoYou need a precise conception of trolling. going against the norm (or groupthink) and questioning them can also be seen as trolling.
- krapp 6y agoOnly if you're a low-effort and obvious troll, which unfortunately there seem to be plenty of. However, smart trolls (of which HN also has plenty) learn to adapt to the local culture. HN will often permit trolling as long as it's civil, and the mods won't ban an account that posts frequent troll comments if it also sometimes posts high quality comments.
- bregma 6y agoWhat we really need is some kind of consistent and homogenous diversity.