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A common pattern among people who visit this forum is to idolize/worship it for its "high quality" content, when in reality the quality is actually bad in diffe
by matai_kolila 4y ago
A common pattern among people who visit this forum is to idolize/worship it for its "high quality" content, when in reality the quality is actually bad in different ways they're not knowledgeable enough to understand.
You seem like you're falling for that trap by asking such a naive question as posed in your submission. No, there is not an "HN for History" because if there were, it'd be terrible and full of misleading information and outright lies. That pattern works for tech in ways it doesn't work for history, or many other fields of study.
And for what it's worth, who I am or what I think of myself is irrelevant.
- ggm 4y agoi'm not the OP. do you really believe in tech exceptionalism? oh wait. a 79 day old account. So.. you're accruing karma by being contrarian, and I've just been suckered into responding? Is that it? I think I'll flag or delete this thread. -- except I can't delete. So.. yea.
- matai_kolila 4y agoI think this is the perfect counterexample to the idea that HN is a good pattern upon which to look for a quality forum. Dismissive, elitist, and equips the very people least qualified to moderate with the tools needed to attempt to silence voices they deem "contrarian" (whatever that means). You don't want this in other contexts. Heck, you don't want this behavior in this context.