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> These current-events climate stories are the most important pieces of news on the site. In your opinion. Many other HN users don't feel that way and get tire

> These current-events climate stories are the most important pieces of news on the site. In your opinion. Many other HN users don't feel that way and get tired of seeing the same topic over and over again. If it's not intellectually interesting and seems overly political it's getting that flag button clicked. EDIT: Before downvoting/flagging me consider that maybe I don't hold the views you dislike. I'm making commentary in the comment section and only pointing out that perhaps it's not dang killing submissions but actually other HN users that don't agree with you.

matthewdgreen 3y ago
The world's anomalous current ocean temperatures are not a political matter. And if your brain is telling you that they are, I would beg you to spend some time recalibrating. Or go read something else, there's lots of room on the front page.
- joecool1029 3y ago
  > The world's anomalous current ocean temperatures are not a political matter. Sure it is, if you believe that everyone considers this the biggest issue or that everyone comes to HN to read about climate news then I am sorry to deliver this shock to you that they don't. >And if your brain is telling you that they are, I would beg you to spend some time recalibrating. Or go read something else, there's lots of room on the front page. Are you just going to resort to ad hominem attacks or acknowledge that bringing up this topic will resort in discussion that's political in nature? That's all I'm asking, I haven't expressed my personal opinion only pointed out that not all people think or value things the same way, not even in the HN commenter bubble.
- shrimp_emoji 3y ago
  Evolution did not program people to care about important things.
minusf 3y ago
so why dont i see that with ai related stuff? hn has been basically a gpt news site the last 4 months. quite sick of it actually. i dont remember even 5 climate change big threads recently, it's like the issue doesnt exist here at all. climate change is not only political - there's tons of research and science involved. but it's better to know someone put gpt on self driving cars that can cook asian fusion hallucinated recipes. hn has its blind spots just like any other site.
- minusf 3y ago
  https://twitter.com/short_straw/status/1655352280202313734 https://twitter.com/short_straw/status/1655352280202313734 actually i'm off to lobsters. we are all just giving YC nerd cred for free they dont deserve. anybody has an invite? ;)
- version_five 3y ago
  I get the sense that a lot of people hate AI stuff, but a lot of people are also interested, so it gets downweighted but a lot of stories still appear. This is based on seeing a few dang comments about it, plus getting lots of upvotes on some anti AI post comments I've made. I agree it's too much. Otoh, it's a new and evolving field (llms et al) that has regular new information, that's relevant to the community. I think there's more new information in the AI posts than in the "here's evidence climate change is bad" posts. Posts about tech that addresses climate change would be interesting and do get discussed periodically.
  - joecool1029 3y ago
    It's priorities, more users on this site work in software that uses AI and are concerned about their livelihood. How many people come to this site to learn about tooling or new ways they can make money? I would guess it's a pretty large amount. It's short-sighted but if you have to survive and pay the bills this is what you have to do. Not everyone is a tenured professor with the ability to have this as their primary priority.
    - matthewdgreen 3y ago

matthewdgreen 3y ago

The world's anomalous current ocean temperatures are not a political matter. And if your brain is telling you that they are, I would beg you to spend some time recalibrating. Or go read something else, there's lots of room on the front page.

joecool1029 3y ago
> The world's anomalous current ocean temperatures are not a political matter. Sure it is, if you believe that everyone considers this the biggest issue or that everyone comes to HN to read about climate news then I am sorry to deliver this shock to you that they don't. >And if your brain is telling you that they are, I would beg you to spend some time recalibrating. Or go read something else, there's lots of room on the front page. Are you just going to resort to ad hominem attacks or acknowledge that bringing up this topic will resort in discussion that's political in nature? That's all I'm asking, I haven't expressed my personal opinion only pointed out that not all people think or value things the same way, not even in the HN commenter bubble.
shrimp_emoji 3y ago
Evolution did not program people to care about important things.

minusf 3y ago

so why dont i see that with ai related stuff? hn has been basically a gpt news site the last 4 months. quite sick of it actually. i dont remember even 5 climate change big threads recently, it's like the issue doesnt exist here at all. climate change is not only political - there's tons of research and science involved. but it's better to know someone put gpt on self driving cars that can cook asian fusion hallucinated recipes. hn has its blind spots just like any other site.

minusf 3y ago
https://twitter.com/short_straw/status/1655352280202313734 https://twitter.com/short_straw/status/1655352280202313734 actually i'm off to lobsters. we are all just giving YC nerd cred for free they dont deserve. anybody has an invite? ;)
version_five 3y ago
I get the sense that a lot of people hate AI stuff, but a lot of people are also interested, so it gets downweighted but a lot of stories still appear. This is based on seeing a few dang comments about it, plus getting lots of upvotes on some anti AI post comments I've made. I agree it's too much. Otoh, it's a new and evolving field (llms et al) that has regular new information, that's relevant to the community. I think there's more new information in the AI posts than in the "here's evidence climate change is bad" posts. Posts about tech that addresses climate change would be interesting and do get discussed periodically.
- joecool1029 3y ago
  It's priorities, more users on this site work in software that uses AI and are concerned about their livelihood. How many people come to this site to learn about tooling or new ways they can make money? I would guess it's a pretty large amount. It's short-sighted but if you have to survive and pay the bills this is what you have to do. Not everyone is a tenured professor with the ability to have this as their primary priority.
  - matthewdgreen 3y ago