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Mods, is this thread hijacked? the quality of comments in here is exceptionally poor for HN.

fjweoijf 4y ago
- Maximus9000 4y ago
  Your account was created 5 minutes ago yet you talk like you know all about HN
  - at_a_remove 4y ago
    I strike the buzzer and murmur "What is a sockpuppet, Alex?"
- InitialLastName 4y ago
  If you have a main account on HN that isn't a brand new throwaway, you're literally not speaking for yourself by using an alt here.
samcheng 4y ago
Agreed - it seems like HN got brigaded here. I very much value a diverse discussion forum, and am happy to see “alt-right” viewpoints in this thread, but it’s very unusual to see those viewpoints expressed in a flood of low-effort posts. Something’s afoot.
- machina_ex_deus 4y ago
  There's not much effort needed. The comparison to Canada is obvious. This is completely new tactic for dictatorships. What else do you expect to be said? At this point you either contort in various ways to fit the narrative or you stand by a consistent set of values. To me personally, hypocrisy is the worst ideological crime. It's always possible to construct a narrative, the harder thing to do is realizing when your values collide with your 'interest' or political side and standing by your values instead of the easy choice of picking the narrative. If your moral values only ever happened to be on your side, you don't have values, you have excuses.
eddsh1994 4y ago
Just a hot topic that's both politically charged and touches on crypto, HN's favorite topic to argue about. I doubt there's anything more to it than that. Edit: okay, @fjweoijf and @joifw are suspiciously similar.
notinfuriated 4y ago
My first thought reading that headline was to remember what they just did in Canada last year, so I don't think it's hijacking so much as people being indulgent. But I guess all it takes to be 'hijacked' or 'brigaded' is someone links this to their friends in Discord or elsewhere. So maybe you're right.
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36amxn36 4y ago
dqpb 4y ago
Mods have successfully chilled any real conversation around issues like this. All you have left are people vaguely waving their hands at crypto.

Maximus9000 4y ago
Your account was created 5 minutes ago yet you talk like you know all about HN
- at_a_remove 4y ago
  I strike the buzzer and murmur "What is a sockpuppet, Alex?"
InitialLastName 4y ago
If you have a main account on HN that isn't a brand new throwaway, you're literally not speaking for yourself by using an alt here.

Agreed - it seems like HN got brigaded here. I very much value a diverse discussion forum, and am happy to see “alt-right” viewpoints in this thread, but it’s very unusual to see those viewpoints expressed in a flood of low-effort posts. Something’s afoot.

machina_ex_deus 4y ago
There's not much effort needed. The comparison to Canada is obvious. This is completely new tactic for dictatorships. What else do you expect to be said? At this point you either contort in various ways to fit the narrative or you stand by a consistent set of values. To me personally, hypocrisy is the worst ideological crime. It's always possible to construct a narrative, the harder thing to do is realizing when your values collide with your 'interest' or political side and standing by your values instead of the easy choice of picking the narrative. If your moral values only ever happened to be on your side, you don't have values, you have excuses.

eddsh1994 4y ago

Just a hot topic that's both politically charged and touches on crypto, HN's favorite topic to argue about. I doubt there's anything more to it than that. Edit: okay, @fjweoijf and @joifw are suspiciously similar.

notinfuriated 4y ago

My first thought reading that headline was to remember what they just did in Canada last year, so I don't think it's hijacking so much as people being indulgent. But I guess all it takes to be 'hijacked' or 'brigaded' is someone links this to their friends in Discord or elsewhere. So maybe you're right.

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36amxn36 4y ago

dqpb 4y ago

Mods have successfully chilled any real conversation around issues like this. All you have left are people vaguely waving their hands at crypto.