>In a community like HN there's also kind of a "meta-anecdote" that emerges >multiple ancedotes can be more useful than a single one Sure. But that meta-anec

>In a community like HN there's also kind of a "meta-anecdote" that emerges >multiple ancedotes can be more useful than a single one Sure. But that meta-anecdote based narrative can be highly biased based on the community that forms it. A forum with an large respresentation of hospital doctors and a forum with a large representation of convenience store owners are going to have completely different meta-anecdote based narratives on whether packing heat is good or bad.