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That is a very interesting point. I have specifically stayed longer on various platforms, because I really did feel that I had an interesting and more mature po
by ppf 6y ago
That is a very interesting point. I have specifically stayed longer on various platforms, because I really did feel that I had an interesting and more mature point of view that the clearly younger (and immature) general populace of those platforms might not otherwise see.
However, it's tough going, against the relentless reddit meme-spam and nitpickers who only care about being right instead of discussing ideas. I have now quit all other forms of social media except HN, and is a truly sad state of affairs that a large part of a generation has isolated itself from discussing and developing ideas, as they are sucked in by the addictive and shallow nature of social media.
Thanks for nothing, big tech.
- melomal 6y ago> reddit meme-spam and nitpickers 8 years of basically no engagement from me (maybe 30 karma points) I call someone out and bam I'm getting downvoted to kingdom come but at the same time being gilded with silver. It just didn't make sense. HN has so far been nothing but amazing conversations and it will hopefully stay like this. Big Tech played the PR game and won, PR is what makes a unicorn startup not so much the startup's product these days.
- SketchySeaBeast 6y ago> I call someone out and bam I'm getting downvoted to kingdom come but at the same time being gilded with silver. It just didn't make sense. That tells me that there's both sides reading it, just one is larger. Isn't the goal to preventing an echo chamber having both sides expressing themselves?
- melomal 6y agoFor sure I agree, I just tried to check my Reddit account and it has now been suspended due to some activity so that I could find the comment. Unfortunately I cannot find it but ultimately it was not a debate, it was a classic teen response 'yeah but what have you done about it?!!?'. No value add and definitely nothing worth replying with.