I don't know if the site is inherently polarizing or not, but I don't think there's any doubt that the tenor / tone here has shifted a bit. I'd say there are tw

I don't know if the site is inherently polarizing or not, but I don't think there's any doubt that the tenor / tone here has shifted a bit. I'd say there are two aspects to that: 1. "Political stuff" (however you want to define that) now seems to be generally more accepted in general. I believe there are discussions here now that just didn't happen 12+ years ago. 2. The political bias seems to have shifted a bit away from the "techno-libertarian" view and more towards a view that, in American terms, might vaguely be described as "left leaning" - that is, more anti-capitalist, pro-big-government, etc. Whether these developments are good or bad things is subject to debate of course.