I wish HN took place in a physical arena because it would be much easier to identify friends who are operating outside the bounds of honesty, healthy debate and

I wish HN took place in a physical arena because it would be much easier to identify friends who are operating outside the bounds of honesty, healthy debate and Socratic dialogue - and are just here to praise corporate overlords and protect the popular narrative. This is why I make reference to being downvoted as I genuinely feel a valid criticism is being oppressed by folks with an ulterior motive. Someone recently asked on a thread - "where have all the hackers gone?" I often ask myself the same question.