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It is genuinely irksome that an entirely silly comment like this gets more attention and upvotes than numerous downvoted intellectual comments have been receivi
by StandardFuture 5y ago
It is genuinely irksome that an entirely silly comment like this gets more attention and upvotes than numerous downvoted intellectual comments have been receiving on HN over the past year.
Maybe it's just the pandemic or what not but it is very evident that HN has slowly devolved to reddit level discussion since COVID.
And, simply claiming "it's not that bad" does not prove that it is objectively much better.
- johnnyanmac 5y agoThis comment is higher up and many people don't make it to the bottom of the comments section, meaning it only takes a few downvotes early on to give those comments less attention and lower scores. "freedom" (for lack of a better word) is a controversial topic, so the relatively few people with the power to downvote may try their hands there. I wouldn't really take this example as some rising trend. jokes are hard to be angry at. controversial topics (regardless of stance and care taken to be impartial, if any) are very easy.