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It's telling that the comments calling out people complaining about representation are all greyed out. Sorry. HN has been surprisingly me lately in the viewpoi
by dillondoyle 4y ago
It's telling that the comments calling out people complaining about representation are all greyed out. Sorry.
HN has been surprisingly me lately in the viewpoints people are willing to say out loud on a public forum. or at least minimally a few vocal commenters.
IDK if it's just feeling empowered not to hide anymore or perhaps progress we've made is creating stronger 'protective' reactions. It's scary though.
- rendall 4y agoYeah literally no one complained about representation. What we have instead are people astoundingly willing to see ugliness everywhere, even in the most innocuous comment or gesture. Admit it, you care less about "representation" than you like to indulge in sadistic performative outrage. We see you.
- pokey00 4y agoTelling, huh? In what way? I'd love for you to expand on that.
- switchbak 4y agoIf it scares you that people are willing to air their discontent about not liking preachy political messages in their entertainment, I'm not sure what to take from that. Personally I think having a diverse set of views in a public forum was the whole point of having public forums.
- Cipater 4y ago>Personally I think having a diverse set of views in a public forum was the whole point of having public forums. The comment you responded to had a view that was diverse enough for you to comment on it.
- switchbak 4y agoThat person said they were scared by other's views. And implication I took from that: those scary views should not be aired. I'm not interested in having one-way discussions, especially if it's run by "the most scared wins". Clearly there's bounds to that, but the view expressed above was not something I'm interested in, and I don't think I'm alone.
- op00to 4y agoNo, the complaints are about seeing black people and gay people on tv. That somehow makes people sad, maybe because they’re secretly gay?
- switchbak 4y agoThe comment in question is: "Increasing pop politics seemingly shoe horned into everything I'd turn on." It's right here, please go have a read: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31278073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31278073 They absolutely did not mention of black or gay people. You are straight-up wrong about that. It's nearly impossible to take the content of your message seriously, given the way you mischaracterize their actual statement.
- ZGDUwpqEWpUZ 4y agoKinda weird to complain about being "scared" when the subtext in your own post is that other people should be scared of voicing their opinions on a public forum. Is this a bit of DARVO?
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- op00to 4y agoI’m frankly surprised that there is no moderation of this bullshit.
- switchbak 4y agoIf you take a look at that person's comments, they appear to have started trolling hard in the last few months. Seemed pretty sane prior to that.
- evocatus 4y agoThe irony is that my karma has actually increased since I began.
- throwanem 4y agoSure. Comments can only go to iirc -4 before they get killed and stop taking downvotes, and flagkills don't affect karma directly at all. So it makes sense that, from your relatively few comments that remain visible to the vast majority who don't turn on showdead, you'd see a signal that's skewed artificially high. I expect that'll remain the case right up till the ban.
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- read_if_gay_ 4y ago> HN has been surprisingly me lately in the viewpoints people are willing to say out loud on a public forum. or at least minimally a few vocal commenters. Me too, except I conclude that HN has finally managed to somewhat pull their heads out of their asses.