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I'm 44 and I remember back when politics was more or less left out of hacker news altogether. Noone cared about your libertarian values or my progressive ones,
by oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
I'm 44 and I remember back when politics was more or less left out of hacker news altogether. Noone cared about your libertarian values or my progressive ones, everyone just talked about tech.
- lacrimacida 3y agoHN is one of the most stable platforms for discussion though. Sure, new influxes of users has brought different colors to the community but mostly people continue to discuss various topics, from philosphy to science or personal anecdotes. It continues to be a treasure’s trove of wisdom.
- rewmie 3y ago> I'm 44 and I remember back when politics was more or less left out of hacker news altogether. Politics is still more or less left out of hacker news. How many politics-related posts fo you see daily on HN? Zero?
- zdragnar 3y agoI've flagged a few myself. More frequently than posts, though, are politically charged comments. There's not a lot of thoughtful debate around them, mostly just people repeating the same tired points back and forth.
- foldr 3y agoThat’s what it feels like if you’re not interested in politics. A lot of the threads on programming also consist of people repeatedly making the same points back and forth (see e.g. about 5000 threads on Go and generics). Most discussions are like this, really. New ideas don’t come along very often.