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I would agree, except that flamebait is whatever goes against the consensus opinion, regardless of whether the article or post is well sourced discussions and r

I would agree, except that flamebait is whatever goes against the consensus opinion, regardless of whether the article or post is well sourced discussions and rational. So I have sympathy are there really aren't many options for those who are frustrated with the narrow views around here, and where even daring to suggest that this is the case, means that they stand to be accused of flamebait.

dang 5y ago
Even if you're right, there are degrees of inflammation and it's important to avoid the hotter ones. > the narrow views around here Hmm, I'd be careful about such generalizations—they usually come from a much smaller set of data points than it feels like they do, resulting in false feelings of generality. People who go down that path mostly end up feeling like "around here" is dominated by the views they most dislike, which is usually neither a pleasant nor an accurate perception. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20dislike%20notice&sort=byDate&type=story&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%22false%20feelings%20of%20generality%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
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