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Skepticism is a far cry from general negativity and pessimism. The relative scarcity of ad hominem attacks on HN is one of the most notable differences to othe
by nverno 5y ago
Skepticism is a far cry from general negativity and pessimism. The relative scarcity of ad hominem attacks on HN is one of the most notable differences to other popular message boards. Personally, I appreciate the open attack on ideas and source credibility, and don't find it toxic at all.
- ozzythecat 5y agoThere aren't ad hominem attacks between individual posters, but individual topics/subjects are attacked all the time. The most frequent one I've seen is either some political group or companies/employers. If you go off of HN comments, FB, Amazon, Google, Apple, etc. are all "evil" and terrible companies run by insidious people that want to steal your information, take all your money, and turn us all into mindless slaves.