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Is HN the orange website she's talking about when she says: "also whoever posted my tweet to the orange website, fuck you" ? Why?

by aphroz 5y ago

someotherperson 5y ago
Because it’s cool to hate things. Some people form identities through the things they dislike rather than the things they do like.
kayge 5y ago
And one of the replies to that tweet: "yes, ywhiteguys.com is terrible." Guess where that redirects to...
eigengrau5150 5y ago
Because nobody outside HN likes HN or its regulars.
- ashtonkem 5y ago
  A decent chunk of HN hates its regulars too, based on the comments.
aaomidi 5y ago
Because this website is shit. The opinions here are usually male and white (while also somehow anti rules but also pro rules for other people? E.g modern day conservative). Anytime a topic about race, gender, etc comes up this website turns into a shithole. Seriously if you don't believe me go look at any thread that was remotely about race, gender, pay gap, etc etc. The opinions here either turn into victim blaming, saying there is no issue, or actively defending billion dollar companies. I like the topics that sometimes get posted here, and I certainly learn from some of the comment threads here. But this website turns worse than reddit when it comes to anything controversial.
- anontrot 5y ago
  interesting...
- aphroz 5y ago
  Interesting, I always thought that the quality of the conversation was better than on the blue one. But I am a white male.
- DantesKite 5y ago
  What does Firefox have to do with race and gender?
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- mhh__ 5y ago
  This varies significantly from thread to thread. I remember the threads from the time of the George Floyd protests and they were pretty awful, but most are completely mundane e.g. I posted a thread about alleged abuse of refugees at some US detention center and it was received as you would expect anywhere else. That being said I am white and male and probably not who you have in mind. HN being white and male is probably more of a thing about it being aimed at programmers than anything else, plus I have a pet theory that something about the male personality values talking nonsense all day about things we have no control over (i.e. Why is Reddit male dominated? The subs I go on are full of completely sexless nerdtalk about politics for example)
- casualracists 5y ago
  Your opinion is trendy racist horseshit and you belong here.
- gruez 5y ago
  >[...] Anytime a topic about race, gender, etc comes up this website turns into a shithole. because people are actually racist/sexist, or they're not progressive enough?
belval 5y ago
Maybe the initial response here wasn't good and that's what they saw? FWIW: I believe the original tweet and this is seriously problematic to me.
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0xdeadb00f 5y ago
Because, quite frankly, this website and some of its users, suck
- ASalazarMX 5y ago
  I'm surprised Twitter sucks less than HN, but I guess Twitter at least allows disabling comments. This is the second Twitter user I've seen that openly hates people posting his tweets here. Both are non-traditional genders, maybe that's a relevant factor. Edit: for a second I thought the tweet referred to Ubuntu.com :P

Is HN the orange website she's talking about when she says: "also whoever posted my tweet to the orange website, fuck you" ? Why?

by aphroz 5y ago

Is HN the orange website she's talking about when she says: "also whoever posted my tweet to the orange website, fuck you" ? Why?

someotherperson 5y ago

Because it’s cool to hate things. Some people form identities through the things they dislike rather than the things they do like.

kayge 5y ago

And one of the replies to that tweet: "yes, ywhiteguys.com is terrible." Guess where that redirects to...

eigengrau5150 5y ago

Because nobody outside HN likes HN or its regulars.

ashtonkem 5y ago
A decent chunk of HN hates its regulars too, based on the comments.

aaomidi 5y ago

Because this website is shit. The opinions here are usually male and white (while also somehow anti rules but also pro rules for other people? E.g modern day conservative). Anytime a topic about race, gender, etc comes up this website turns into a shithole. Seriously if you don't believe me go look at any thread that was remotely about race, gender, pay gap, etc etc. The opinions here either turn into victim blaming, saying there is no issue, or actively defending billion dollar companies. I like the topics that sometimes get posted here, and I certainly learn from some of the comment threads here. But this website turns worse than reddit when it comes to anything controversial.

anontrot 5y ago
interesting...
aphroz 5y ago
Interesting, I always thought that the quality of the conversation was better than on the blue one. But I am a white male.
DantesKite 5y ago
What does Firefox have to do with race and gender?
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
mhh__ 5y ago
This varies significantly from thread to thread. I remember the threads from the time of the George Floyd protests and they were pretty awful, but most are completely mundane e.g. I posted a thread about alleged abuse of refugees at some US detention center and it was received as you would expect anywhere else. That being said I am white and male and probably not who you have in mind. HN being white and male is probably more of a thing about it being aimed at programmers than anything else, plus I have a pet theory that something about the male personality values talking nonsense all day about things we have no control over (i.e. Why is Reddit male dominated? The subs I go on are full of completely sexless nerdtalk about politics for example)
casualracists 5y ago
Your opinion is trendy racist horseshit and you belong here.
gruez 5y ago
>[...] Anytime a topic about race, gender, etc comes up this website turns into a shithole. because people are actually racist/sexist, or they're not progressive enough?

belval 5y ago

Maybe the initial response here wasn't good and that's what they saw? FWIW: I believe the original tweet and this is seriously problematic to me.

deleted 5y ago

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0xdeadb00f 5y ago

Because, quite frankly, this website and some of its users, suck

ASalazarMX 5y ago
I'm surprised Twitter sucks less than HN, but I guess Twitter at least allows disabling comments. This is the second Twitter user I've seen that openly hates people posting his tweets here. Both are non-traditional genders, maybe that's a relevant factor. Edit: for a second I thought the tweet referred to Ubuntu.com :P