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I'm reminded of the outrage and misunderstandings surrounding Amazon's sidewalk. I used to expect much more from the HN crowd when it came to the technology.

azinman2 5y ago
It feels like HN has really gone downhill… low quality comments, many pontifications and arm chair opinions stated as fact despite zero relevant experience, snarky comments, a ton of politicizing, less toothy technical information (articles and comments)… I’m actually tempted to delete my account and stop participating, but I don’t know where else to go to instead. I liked old HN.. anything like it now? Suggestions?
- trutannus 5y ago
  >arm chair opinions stated as fact despite zero relevant experience There was a commenter here a little while ago making wild claims that he was being monitored because he used a ProtonMail account to sign up for a government service. He was being taken seriously by a large number of replies. I'd love to see/find an alternative as well, but I think part of the issue is just volume. You'd need a platform that's restrictive by design to keep it from getting over populated and landing on the wrong side of the quality-quantity curve. I'm not sure that can exist in a free (as in beer) platform.
  - azinman2 5y ago
    HN was that before it got popular. Most things in life are like that… great until the masses come. So where are all the cool kids these days? Part of me is worried that there aren’t such places, in part because culture wars have made the online world so toxic.
    - trutannus 5y ago
      The problem is in the discovery of these platforms. If they're easier to find, they tend to decay faster.
- zepto 5y ago
  HN has always had a share of this kind of stuff, especially around Apple. However I agree that this time it seems different. I don’t know if it is because this topic is genuinely more complex than than most. I suspect that is part of it.

azinman2 5y ago

It feels like HN has really gone downhill… low quality comments, many pontifications and arm chair opinions stated as fact despite zero relevant experience, snarky comments, a ton of politicizing, less toothy technical information (articles and comments)… I’m actually tempted to delete my account and stop participating, but I don’t know where else to go to instead. I liked old HN.. anything like it now? Suggestions?

trutannus 5y ago
>arm chair opinions stated as fact despite zero relevant experience There was a commenter here a little while ago making wild claims that he was being monitored because he used a ProtonMail account to sign up for a government service. He was being taken seriously by a large number of replies. I'd love to see/find an alternative as well, but I think part of the issue is just volume. You'd need a platform that's restrictive by design to keep it from getting over populated and landing on the wrong side of the quality-quantity curve. I'm not sure that can exist in a free (as in beer) platform.
- azinman2 5y ago
  HN was that before it got popular. Most things in life are like that… great until the masses come. So where are all the cool kids these days? Part of me is worried that there aren’t such places, in part because culture wars have made the online world so toxic.
  - trutannus 5y ago
    The problem is in the discovery of these platforms. If they're easier to find, they tend to decay faster.
zepto 5y ago
HN has always had a share of this kind of stuff, especially around Apple. However I agree that this time it seems different. I don’t know if it is because this topic is genuinely more complex than than most. I suspect that is part of it.