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>But one conclusion I have from this thread is that Hacker News has lots its way, and that Hackers are not really welcome here anymore I think you are conflati
by dudeman13 5y ago
>But one conclusion I have from this thread is that Hacker News has lots its way, and that Hackers are not really welcome here anymore
I think you are conflating hackers with lack of empathy/being a dick.
I mean, "is a hacker" DOES seem like a good predictor for "is a dick" (in my experience at least), so you might be right that HN isn't all that fond of hackers nowadays.
- jacquesm 5y ago> I mean, "is a hacker" DOES seem like a good predictor for "is a dick" (in my experience at least) I'm sad that this is the case for you. But to counter your anecdata, the hackers that I know are as a rule quite nice and well behaved.
- jsnell 5y agoAgreed, you should totally tell jacquesm that. He seems to think that it's par for the course for hackers to bully total strangers on the pretext of "showing up a suit". He even seems to think that HN has lost its way and is no longer inhabited by hackers, when it's pointed out what bad manners and lack of empathy such a prank would be.
- jacquesm 5y agoOk, you win.
- lupire 5y agoThe pervasive theme of this thread was that "hacking was more more fun in the 80s/90s when we were allowed to be bullies"