>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

>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.