It's interesting how names can send signals without any substance of the actual product being relevant. (The thread over 'bro pages' was one example.) This spec

It's interesting how names can send signals without any substance of the actual product being relevant. (The thread over 'bro pages' was one example.) This specific instance is rather revealing of one of the biases of some HN users. I look at myself and I find that many opinions on technology that I hold have clearly been shaped by how much time I've spent on HN. Data-exfiltration telemetry is one example. But I now think about a lot of things I might not have given much thought to before, like how being backed by a VC can shape the direction of a service for the worse. I also find that I'm unnecessarily hardline on topics like paid services versus open source, and shut out anything positive people have to say about advertising as a revenue source. I sometimes imagine what would happen if I was born inside the borders of a different country. Some countries have very nationalistic citizens. How much of my thought processes are a result of the people and signals I surround myself with? How many of those signals will reach me whether or not I consent to seeing them (advertisements being one example)? I think I could have been a very different person if I was raised even a hundred miles from where I actually grew up, despite having a similar chemical makeup. That makes me be more conscious about where I'm likely to seek information, and to try not to look for opinions that I already agree with entirely.