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I 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.
by ragazzina 3y ago
I 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.