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I couldn't agree more. I feel like Hacker News is turning into a place where, especially for discussion of "popular" programming languages, the commenters seem

I couldn't agree more. I feel like Hacker News is turning into a place where, especially for discussion of "popular" programming languages, the commenters seem to be largely those who don't have a solid foundation in the specific topic that's being discussed, but seem to believe they're experts because they've written a lot of code and have strong opinions on what code should look like. Conversations about more esoteric languages seem to attract the level of discourse HN is otherwise known for.

7sidedmarble 5y ago
>Hacker News is turning into a place where, especially for discussion of "popular" programming languages, the commenters seem to be largely those who don't have a solid foundation in the specific topic that's being discussed, but seem to believe they're experts This is just HN in a nutshell. I've been wanting to write a blog post for a while about this topic. I have a pet theory that the HN 'feature' of not implementing direct comment reply push notifications (ostensibly a feature to dissuade flame wars) leads people on HN to make very strong statements they often can't defend. I think it's ultimately a net negative for the community. I get not wanting flame wars, but when you make strong statements on platforms that have the tools for better comment section engagement, you often have to defend your statements. I think this is a good thing.