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It doesn't work out for everybody. Lots of high quality communities outside of reddit have been invaded by people looking for an alternative and as a result the
by s1k3s 3y ago
It doesn't work out for everybody. Lots of high quality communities outside of reddit have been invaded by people looking for an alternative and as a result they are now fighting massive traffic spikes, spam or the general reddit hive-mind taking over their discussion.
- WheatMillington 3y agoDo you have any examples?
- s1k3s 3y agoHN
- malermeister 3y agolemmy.world
- hayst4ck 3y agoThere is a noticeable uptick of barely concealed white supremacy here in the last 2 days. I would feel confident saying that the way upvotes and downvotes work on a cultural level has changed. We've had conservatives here forever, but I haven't seen people talk about things like "replacement theory". I think there's been a definite overton window shift towards the right wing. Yesterday there was a question where someone asked what /. is and there were 20 replies with "slashdot" in reddit style. I haven't seen a straight out of reddit comment thread like that for months. I've definitely found myself angrier reading hacker news than I have been in the months previous. I haven't figured out if that's more of a "we become what we behold" (https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb) or a real change.
- theossuary 3y agoThe right-wing bent on HN has been here for at least 5 years, probably longer. I haven't noticed it get worse, just more confident because its been allowed for so long.