I think with all information, especially on places like hackernews where people are generally anonymous, you need to be careful what you believe and not. There

I think with all information, especially on places like hackernews where people are generally anonymous, you need to be careful what you believe and not. There is a lot of opinion, subjectivity, marketing, double agendas, false information and people commenting on and writing about topics they might not have expertise in (like me commenting on this!). As long as there is debate, multiple viewpoints, and you don't believe everything you read automatically, it doesn't really matter imo. Unless they can somehow apply heavy censorship, or overwhelm the system I don't think you can really influence things much.