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Participants want to discuss politics, current events, sports, etc. But this site is Hacker News and it is for specific subject matter. If you want to discuss
by wvenable 6y ago
Participants want to discuss politics, current events, sports, etc. But this site is Hacker News and it is for specific subject matter.
If you want to discuss off-topic controversies, there's an entire Internet full of sites to have that discussion on.
- tpmx 6y agoI've seen purely technical discussions being removed from page 1 just because some people really wanted that stuff to go away, and had the power to make it happen.
- wvenable 6y agoWhere's this technical discussion? Lets see if I agree with you. Because I've seen people totally make up stuff to make a point.
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- dmos62 6y agoI've expanded about what I think about this in the neighboring comments. I'd like to ask this though. When you feel that a thread is going off-topic, to the detriment of the forum, please post a comment pointing that out. Others might disagree with you, or they might see your point. What I find really problematic is when a discussion that I care about is flagged without any input. I perceive it as spiteful, because usually it's me having a controversial opinion, and I'm more likely to be spiteful in turn, though of course I try not to be. I don't mind people questioning the quality of my contribution. I actually welcome it, because I care. Just don't reject it off-hand.
- wvenable 6y agoYou might not mind peopling posting about quality of your contribution but it's a terrible discussion for everybody else. Nobody cares.