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I remember the first time, years ago, that I saw a “Reddit-style” quick take be upvoted, instead of downvoted for ignoring the guidelines. I was sure it was the
by derwiki 4y ago
I remember the first time, years ago, that I saw a “Reddit-style” quick take be upvoted, instead of downvoted for ignoring the guidelines. I was sure it was the beginning of the end.. and maybe it was—but it still feels like now we are at the beginning. So almost certainly lower quality now, but no where near bad enough to outweigh the good. Overall the level of discourse is still much higher than any other online community I’ve ever been a part of.
- gpm 4y agoI don't think this thread is about comment quality in general (which I agree is still quite good), but conspiracy theories in particular.
- leereeves 4y agoWhat conspiracy theories? I don't recall seeing many on HN. (Ok, there are some comments about "birds aren't real" on a high ranked post right now, but that's a joke.)
- gpm 4y agoBasically all of them. They tend to eventually be flagged (though not always), but the overton window has also generally moved on this site to becoming more accepting of them. If you want an example, I picked a thread out via google. It's particularly high density, because that's all you can easily find with google. You'll need show dead -> on in your settings to see the worse comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33406207 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33406207
- theossuary 4y agoIt really depends on the thread though. Usually, if there are more comments than points for a post, the comments tend to be reactionary and not particularly interesting.