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It's really bizarre. From my perspective, comments on HN are usually at least slightly better reasoned than other social sites. But this thread is absolutely cr
by mcluck 3y ago
It's really bizarre. From my perspective, comments on HN are usually at least slightly better reasoned than other social sites. But this thread is absolutely crawling with comments flat out denying the science
- footlose_3815 3y agoI think the banned Redditors from the alt-right subs have started to work their way in here. It kinda used to be like old reddit in here. Empirical analysis, people who read the article first. These people jump into these hot-topic threads just to piss all over it with every possible dumb thing to say. Climate denial, "Just let it get worse" kinds of comments. Knee-jerk making up stuff, and coping to make it OK. I wouldn't be surprised if it's astroturfed bots. It's not like HN does much to filter out fake and real accounts.
- ragazzina 3y agoI don't find it bizarre at all. It was the same during COVID, and it's the same every time rent or gun control are discussed. HN leans pretty conservative.
- matthewdgreen 3y agoA very small but incredibly vocal contingent of HN leans towards climate "skepticism", and I also think some of the denialist accounts are organized brigaders who swoop into these stories from other sites. The goal is to make it look like these weird denialist opinions are mainstream, so HN readers vulnerable to influence will feel social pressure to accept them. You also see lots of organized flagging and downvoting of climate stories.
- meheleventyone 3y agoSimilar with all the incel/red pill-esque comments on anything about sex and gender like this comments section: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36990215 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36990215 Outside of conversations about tech there are definitely a strong subset of special people with very strong views on single issues.
- footlose_3815 3y agoThis is exactly what I'm thinking. The brigaders are jumping on hot topics.
- seanw444 3y agoThat is not my experience at all when defending the 2nd Amendment on here.
- randomdata 3y agoIn what way is it bizarre? The science is settled, so the only thing left to talk about is denial of the science. Consider the flat earth topic as a parallel. If there was no flat earth idea floating around, would we ever talk about the spherical nature of the earth? The answer is no. Why would we? What would there be to talk about? The topic of the shape of the earth comes up only because the flat earth challenges what has been settled, creating something to talk about.
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