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The reality is that while this site has come to be a major "town square" for tech folks, it exists for its own specific purposes that are not aligned with tech

The reality is that while this site has come to be a major "town square" for tech folks, it exists for its own specific purposes that are not aligned with tech workers organizing toward ensuring our mutual safety and well-being. Of course we're free to use this site as we like rather than embrace its self-described purpose, which is often enough compatible with its moderation standards, but that conflict grows. As dang once said early in ChatGPT's hype, if AI were good enough to generate the insights brought from conversation here, at as good or better a level than humans are able to, he'd consider replacing the open forum with AI generated content. Because it would serve the purpose of the site, which is not community.

pvg 3y ago
Perhaps you could link the comment where dang wrote that, I'd be curious to read it.
- wahnfrieden 3y ago
  Too hard to find
  - pvg 3y ago
    Maybe you remember a timeframe? A keyword? It sounds so unlike any of his other comments it seems like it should be possible to hunt down.
    - wahnfrieden 3y ago
      I tried. I remember it strikingly for the impression it left on me but no distinct keywords and way too many results He didn't say the bit about this not being a community, that's what I inferred
      - runarberg 3y ago
        Are you talking about this one? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35954113 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35954113 > We don't know yet how the current AI wave is going to play out on HN but for the time being the community is super sensitive about not letting generated content permeate the threads and I think it's the right call for now.
        wahnfrieden 3y ago
        no