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what I like about HN is civilized debates with detailed researches. you can always just read the articles without looking into the comment section.
by livinglist 5y ago
what I like about HN is civilized debates with detailed researches. you can always just read the articles without looking into the comment section.
- m348e912 5y agoSame, even if I don't agree, I appreciate a well thought-out and well researched perspective.
- gear_envy 5y agoI get the general sense that people debate in good faith on here. I rarely see comment chains devolve into name calling and personal attacks like on Reddit. Sometimes you come across a comment on here that seems a little whackadoodle, but even the weirdest takes I’ve seen at least includes some amount of reasoning behind a particular position. I mostly attribute these types of comments to the nerdy tech filter bubble we’re all living in.
- SloopJon 5y agoI think "debate" is the key feature of HN (indeed, most online discourse) that the author has identified. It's easy to base a comment on a flaw in an article, or someone else's comment on the article, so HN discussions can seem very contrarian, almost adversarial. Randall Munroe may have said it best with his "Duty Calls" comic: https://xkcd.com/386/ https://xkcd.com/386/