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Sometimes I wish HN had a rule against posting things about mental health (perhaps with the exception of Ask HN threads). At the very least, I'm curious what t
by chrsig 4y ago
Sometimes I wish HN had a rule against posting things about mental health (perhaps with the exception of Ask HN threads).
At the very least, I'm curious what the statistics on references are compared to technical topics. There's always so much misinformation in ADHD threads. It's really exhausting.
- bachmeier 4y ago> Sometimes I wish HN had a rule against posting things about mental health Don't stop at mental health; basically any discussion outside of programming is a disaster AFAICT. It doesn't get cleaned up because the participants don't realize how bad it is. I avoid anything close to economics. I only checked the comments here to see if there was a non-paywalled version.
- technoooooost 4y ago
- user_7832 4y agoPerhaps, but is it really detrimental to discuss it? HN is decently moderately enough to avoid flame wars, and sure there's a lot of anecdotal talk going about by folks who aren't doctors, but that doesn't mean that patients/the public shouldn't discuss health. Perhaps a sticky/banner for health topics may be a good idea? Like "This is a health topic, please don't make unverifiable claims and mark your opinions as your own"?
- user_7832 4y agoCome to think of it, starting paragraphs/comments with syntax would be a decent solution. Like: OPINION: I think.... ANECDOTE: When I experienced this...