3 ms·
> someone will pull some comparison out of the analogy and use that to detract > to great popular success This is an HN audience issue, not an analogy one.
by Planktonne 5y ago
> someone will pull some comparison out of the analogy and use that to detract
> to great popular success
This is an HN audience issue, not an analogy one.
- teddyh 5y agoOnly insofar as the HN audience consists of people. It’s a people “problem”.
- Planktonne 5y agoThe HN audience is not perfectly reflective of wider society. One obvious example is that people on this site tend to be more technically aware than the wider population, but that's not the only relevant characteristic. The userbase here tends to be technical, tends towards (or is at least dominated by) particular political positions, and seems to be much more literally-minded than other online communities.