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+1. It's actually very disturbing to me just how much of an echo chamber it has become. Not only are slightly conservative ideas met with vitriol -- even the m
by dolni 6y ago
+1. It's actually very disturbing to me just how much of an echo chamber it has become.
Not only are slightly conservative ideas met with vitriol -- even the most ass-backwards, ridiculous ideas are showered in praise if they tow the liberal ideological line.
I suspect what we're seeing is a huge dumbing down of the platform by people who don't use it to think or be challenged. They want their garbage memes. What's upvoted is quite indicative, along with the fact that any attempt by moderators to curate content is met with outrage.
- mgh2 6y agoWe have HN to combat this- it is somehow anti-Reddit in its guidelines. What I worry is how the pandemic and awareness of misinformation could move people from that toxic demographic to here- but I trust in HN moderators and community to regulate this :)
- shishy 6y agoHN is an echo chamber too... it's inevitable in any community, online or not.
- dolni 6y agoI haven't observed this yet. At least in the comment sections I've participated in so far, there has been a healthy amount of disagreement. And it nearly always stays civil.
- mgh2 6y agoAgreed, nothing is perfect and all humans are biased. But at least the community is educated and diversified enough to avoid common blind spots.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y agoThis is precisely why I'm here. I hope HN always keeps it's simple format. It keeps a lot of the people who want a image based non-information heavy aggregator out. I come here to learn about cool or new techie things or discuss certain career topics in IT. I don't come here because I want to see the memeeconomy or some stupid "fake-news" article that is full of political garbage meant to make people upset.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y agoI've noticed with NYT being on here constantly and me or others being downvoted for disagreeing with the NYT.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 6y agoYes the memes. I forgot to state that as well. What used to be like 25% memes on the frontpage now is like 90% memes. It's a crappy 9gag now.