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I find this kind of comment frustrating. The author repeatedly, throughout the article acknowledges her privilege (e.g. financial security to quit her job) and
by jallen_dot_dev 5y ago
I find this kind of comment frustrating. The author repeatedly, throughout the article acknowledges her privilege (e.g. financial security to quit her job) and that these techniques are specific to her. Not just a disclaimer at the bottom.
The top comment of HN discussions almost always seems to be a cynical takedown with the least-charitable interpretation of an author's words while assuming the worst intentions.
- sergiomattei 5y agoWelcome to the most toxic corner of the Internet. I had to take a break from this site because it was negatively impacting my mood.
- dang 5y agoWould you please stop breaking the site guidelines? Between https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29291748 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29291748 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29289512 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29289512, you're in no position to complain about toxicity. It isn't remotely fair to call HN "the most toxic corner of the internet". Like any large(ish) forum, it gets a wide distribution of comments. Inevitably some are toxic—that's how the pubic internet unfortunately works. But the overwhelming majority are not toxic, as anyone can see for themselves simply by scrolling through the public feed: https://news.ycombinator.com/newcomments https://news.ycombinator.com/newcomments. Having worked hard for years to try to reduce toxicity on this site, I'm definitely open to getting better at it—I know how frustrating it is not to be able to have more of an effect. But it doesn't seem right to be complaining about toxicity in others while clearly adding it yourself.
- sergiomattei 5y agoYou're right. I didn't mean to undervalue the great effort that goes into moderating this site. I apologize, thank you for your hard work dang.
- dang 5y agoAppreciated!