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Counterpoint - strong prank and joke culture can quickly turn to a closed subculture that is offputting to otherwise superb contributors. I really enjoy HN due
by fsloth 3y ago
Counterpoint - strong prank and joke culture can quickly turn to a closed subculture that is offputting to otherwise superb contributors. I really enjoy HN due to the generally lukewarm and civilized discussion the rules promote. I love jokes and filthy humour, but gladly seek them elsewhere.
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoAbsolutely nothing wrong with closed subcultures. The need to draw as large an audience as possible in order to satisfy investors, is part of why discussion on sites like Reddit is so flawed.
- fsloth 3y agoTotally agree. I was not pitching for large audience, the dryness creates a specific exclusivity in itself. HN subculture is focused on conrete subjects with world class subject experts occasionally pitching in.
- fragmede 3y agoTons of things wrong with closed subcultures. Do we only want to hear from TechBros about the latest fad, currently how awesome LLMs are, with no dissenting opinion to provide any sort of debate? I, for one, welcome our large audience, because this place has more posts than Slashdot, has wireless, and isn't lame(most of the time).
- marginalia_nu 3y agoThis would be bad if these closed subcultures were the only cultures to exist. But that would be a self-contradiction, by the virtue of being closed, there are people who are not part of them, so they cannot be the only culture.
- CodeWriter23 3y agoElitism is a disease we should not cater to in any circumstance.
- kbelder 3y agoDon't worry, most aren't.
- gopher_space 3y agoI've never figured out what people mean by the tech elite. Internally I only see regular rich people and folks who find blinking lights fascinating. Using interest in a subject as a barrier to entry seems like a fairly straightforward noise filter.