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I have actually grown in a friend circle where if you disagree, you keep on debating till we arrive on a consensus, or at least understand that ours points have

I have actually grown in a friend circle where if you disagree, you keep on debating till we arrive on a consensus, or at least understand that ours points have reduced to personal preferences or till one of us is really hungry. I was probably expecting the same here. People are not as idle as I am. And I guess, there is still a lot to learn (and that will be the case forever). Thank you!

ColinWright 15y ago
This is not a circle of friends. Nor is it (any longer) a village. It has grown to be a city. There are still circles of friends, or the closest thing to it, but HN is no longer a small community where people come to know and respect each other's opinions and differences. It's a city, full of strangers whose faces you might vaguely recognise because you see them semi-regularly, but who you don't really know. And so people will down-vote you based on a whim. They don't know you, and never will, so they'll just express their opinion in the easiest and fastest way possible and move on. They don't want to get involved.