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> Not just discussions about politics, I still find HN to be one of the most politics-free places on the Internet, which is nice. Granted, I avoid almost every
by paganel 6y ago
> Not just discussions about politics,
I still find HN to be one of the most politics-free places on the Internet, which is nice. Granted, I avoid almost everything that talks about US computer programmers vs the rest of the world computer programmers, discussions which tend to have not that nice xenophobic nuance to them, but the rest of the discussions are pretty civil.
Also (and of course), I also avoid almost everything related to Apple-Google-Tesla, the conflict of interests in here are too big (lots of Apple/Google employees, lots of owners of Tesla shares), so I realise that nothing productive can come out of those conversations. Surprisingly, I find that Microsoft employees are a lot more open to criticism, and I say that as a person who used to dislike MS massively (I still hold them partly responsible for the failure of OLPC)
- tupputuppu 6y agoI'd really be interested in hearing which TECHNICAL forums are more political?
- paganel 6y agoI personally don't regard this as a technical forum, more like a general-discussion forum of things that are of interest to (mostly) technical people.
- ModernMech 6y agoSlashdot. I dare you to wade into a political discussion there. It’s all name calling and vitriol. So toxic.
- Applejinx 6y agoI find HN to be a very specific political demographic of great interest, so when I read it, it's with the specific intent of exposing myself to the point of view of this very specific political demographic. That's not the same thing as a specific POV or catechism: the demographic actively seeks novel answers and ideas in certain ways so long as larger assumptions remain unchallenged, and even then the right framing can work wonders. It's the demographic that remains consistent, even predictable. The position of this demographic isn't always a given.
- onecommentman 6y agoIf you replace “political” with “intellectual” or “social” or “philosophical” I’d agree with you. If you start challenging larger assumptions, you might get a few new insights, but the danger is ending up in the swamp of post-modernism that would make Napoleon’s march to Moscow look like a productive use of time and resources in comparison.