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Even in technical discussions, you can observe arrogance and dismissal by commenters who are unacceptably underqualified in the subjects being discussed. This
by antegamisou 4y ago
Even in technical discussions, you can observe arrogance and dismissal by commenters who are unacceptably underqualified in the subjects being discussed. This place has become a joke nowadays.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoI just ignore those comments (and perhaps some my own comments are deemed under qualified by some). I prefer that strategy rather than have an environment of "gatekeepers".
- notacoward 4y ago"Basic human decency" might be the only gate worth keeping. Without that, harassers and trolls have more effective freedom of speech than their targets, and I for one find that unacceptable. See also: paradox of tolerance.
- dennis_jeeves1 4y ago>paradox of tolerance. Great observation.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoAgree.
- Sakos 4y ago> This place has become a joke nowadays. I wouldn't go that far. The signal to noise ratio is worse than it used to be, but there's still nothing else like HN and there are still a lot of interesting technical conversations to observe or to be had. I continue to learn more here than anywhere else. I'll cope with putting in a bit more effort mentally filtering out the unproductive conversations.
- ranger_danger 4y ago>but there's still nothing else like HN yes there is, lobste.rs is exactly HN but with a lot more selective membership and hence better comments.
- kup0 4y agoi would not say it's "exactly HN". lobste.rs articles are much more programming focused. majority of posts you find on HN you would not find on lobste.rs which is fine, if that's what you want, but, as a daily reader of both, they aren't even close to being the same thing
- pwpw 4y agoSo the site invite only? It looks interesting, but I’m not sure I know anyone on it or am interested in bumming around for an invite from a stranger. I guess that’s part of the charm.
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago