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Is anyone else astonished by how dramatically Hacker News has shifted its tone on this issue over the last five to ten years?
by macrolocal 4y ago
Is anyone else astonished by how dramatically Hacker News has shifted its tone on this issue over the last five to ten years?
- ChewFarceSkunk 4y ago[dead]
- stiltzkin 4y agoEternal September, when big social media sites get big enough you will find larpers and bots including Hacker News.
- macrolocal 4y agoEven so, the larpers and bots seem more authoritarian now.
- ethbr0 4y agoNot sure Eternal September is an apt ad hom, when the parent you're responding to has been bitching about government overreach since the original meaning of the phrase.
- macrolocal 4y agoGadflies play a critical role in the ecosystem! :)
- ethbr0 4y agoMhmm. And what separates a gadfly from not-gadfly?
- macrolocal 4y agoGadflies target Bellerophons obviously. It your steed can't handle a few gadflies, riding off to Mount Olympus is irresponsible.
- int_19h 4y agoSociety as a whole has dramatically shifted its tone, and HN is still a part of that, however idiosyncratic.