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The irony of Hacker News commenters saying they avoid the news on a site called Hacker News...
by jameslk 3y ago
The irony of Hacker News commenters saying they avoid the news on a site called Hacker News...
- shortcrct 3y agoI get your point, but let's not sit here and convince ourselves that the front page of HN is the same as the front page of CNN, Fox, or WaPo.
- jameslk 3y agoThis is HN right? I believe I'm justified in my pedantry /s Jokes aside, I think it is partially disingenuous for others to claim they avoid news on this site. It might not be the front page of a major news site, but there's plenty of politics and doom here too. Perhaps it feels less like news to others since it better fits the beliefs/expectations of the in-group.
- friend_and_foe 3y agoYeah but this site isn't about "the news"... Honestly I click maybe less than 10% of all articles I see on this site. Usually I like to read the ones that are about interesting new studies or computation breakthroughs, and I do like to chime in on some controversial topics from time to time when they pop up and I think my input could be beneficial to someone reading it.