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HN is a giant echo chamber. Some people dislikes any and all echo chamber, regardless of the bias. And then you have people disliking the slant of HN's echo cha
by NhanH 3y ago
HN is a giant echo chamber. Some people dislikes any and all echo chamber, regardless of the bias. And then you have people disliking the slant of HN's echo chamber as well.
To put it another way, HN as a whole has strong opinions on a lot of things. And anyone or anything with strong opinions will have people disliking them, for better or worse :-)
- gosub100 3y agoI see it as a giant argument chamber. You can't say the "sky is blue" without someone asking you for sources or ackchually-ing you because an eclipse darkens the sky, etc. People deliberately take the most disingenuous reading of commentary and respond to it to make the poster look as stupid or insecure as possible. I can't see how that is an echo chamber. (and I see the irony in opposing your statement here, while making the claim that most comments are disagreements). I will concede, however, that certain topics (teslas, apple, among others) there is a hive mind that will downvote viciously if you hit a nerve.
- NhanH 3y agoThose arguments are just another echo chamber where the echoing content itself is meta rather than specific. So instead of "X is Y", it's more like "you should use method Z to determine whether X is Y". It's just the same breed of "correlation is not causation", "more critical thinking is needed", or "citation needed" as you mentioned.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoWhat topics and conclusions do you often see echoed here? I don’t mean to agree or disagree with the statement, just curious about your observations.
- cantSpellSober 3y agoOff the top of my head (please add): Any website with JS is bad Everything is cancel culture Startup culture is bad (ironic) Anything cryptocurrency is bad HN's design/layout is perfect Joe Rogan is a god SWEs are underpaid and not respected Everything is a cargo cult dang is a god Everything is a logical fallacy Vercel is evil Piracy is harmless and good Correlation never indicates causation Paywalls are bad except on my Substack I think Elon flipped from being worshipped to being hated Steve Jobs was a god Being a contrarian makes you smart Everything is virtue signalling
- fragmede 3y agoElectron is the devil's GUI toolbox Only works in mice there was a whole.HN parody thread - http://bradconte.com/files/misc/HackerNewsParodyThread/ http://bradconte.com/files/misc/HackerNewsParodyThread/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33680661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33680661 It's important to be self-aware enough that every group has its own groupthink, HN is no exception, and to know the thought bubble you occupy when you're in that group.
- throwitaway1123 3y ago- MongoDB is unequivocally bad. - Postgres is the final database, unless you need something embedded, in which case you may use sqlite.
- lurkerforawhile 3y agoHere's another one: Non-monogamous people are responsible for spreading sexual diseases Discourse about reproductive health can be a ride on HN.