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The reddit post is just some guy ranting/asserting without even a small anecdote as evidence. Oh Gen-Z doesn't understand folders? Oh noes... What a useless HN

• branon 4y ago
  yeah, commenting "reddit bad" is no less of a faux-pas than linking directly to reddit, especially for something so random that doesn't satisfy any specific intellectual curiosity except by linking to other, much better articles instead it's just redditors vying for upvotes, talking about old news, making the same dozen tired jokes and references they hijack top comment in _every single thread_ to make, possibly with some humorous anecdotes and genuinely useful links mixed in. This is not necessarily what I come to HN to read. The mental strain of separating the wheat from the chaff on reddit is too great so I come here to skip that part. Despite this, I feel that addressing it is mostly nonproductive, and who am I to talk, but all the same, you brought it up so there's my 2 cents - I agree with you.
• Dalewyn 4y ago
  We literally just had this discussion yesterday[1], and the reality is most people do not computer. At all. We, and by we I mean us IT enthusiasts and professionals alike, need to realize that we are a small bunch of nerds with highly specialized, rare skills who appear like aliens to the wider public. Most people have far better (in their minds) things to care about than messing with or learning computer, and we need to lower our bar of presumption. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35044693 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35044693