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> We all like Hacker News That can't be true, right? Everyone shits so hard on HN all the time. Personally I only post here because it's "the place" for people
by staticassertion 5y ago
> We all like Hacker News
That can't be true, right? Everyone shits so hard on HN all the time. Personally I only post here because it's "the place" for people in my field, but HN has given me a more negative view of my field than positive.
- robocat 5y ago> Everyone shits so hard on HN all the time. Do they? Or is it just some minority of shit stirrers? Or is it that HN is more likely to have people that can healthily laugh at themselves - a la Monty Python? I mean you can love HN and n-gate.com at the same time right? Back on topic: The very public “we quit” message seems like a very clear message to try and effect change for a cause they deeply care about. I presume the mod team had multiple other options on how to deal with the core issue. For example, they could have internally suggested a quiet rollover to a new mod team over a few months. Say modelled on how CEO leadership is changed, avoiding public drama, when a CEO is rolled by their board. Deciding on a very public option just causes all the drama to play out with every Internet and Hackernews (including me) adding their own spit into the mix. Edit: added colour.
- staticassertion 5y agoYeah, they definitely do, or at least virtually everyone I know feels that HN is a place mostly to go to laugh at the terrible opinions or, much less frequently, a good comment.