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HN def is a community, in some sense of the word, but I also dont like the phrasing and emphasis on "we" having done something or we having a problem and whatno
by tifik 2y ago
HN def is a community, in some sense of the word, but I also dont like the phrasing and emphasis on "we" having done something or we having a problem and whatnot.
HN promotes debate and individual opinions, so statements like in parent just have bad connotations to them.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> dont like the phrasing and emphasis on "we" having done something Fair enough. I cited two we’s. In the first—where “we, as a community, have been critical of crypto”—I juxtapose this community at large’s scepticism of crypto with its giving the benefit of doubt to people similar to crypto’s worst in AI. In the second—where “we have a wider problem”—I intended to reference Silicon Valley at large. I did not intend to imply that Sam Altman is HN’s problem to solve. (Though I welcome the help, if you have sway in D.C. or your state capital. I am not sure I have the bandwidth to take on a political project of this magnitude.)
- aleph_minus_one 2y ago> I did not intend to imply that Sam Altman is HN’s problem to solve. In consideration that Sam Altman was the former president of YCombinator, and Hacker News is financed by this company, it would be true hacker spirit (as in Hacker News) to subvertingly use Hacker News to "solve" the Sam Altman problem. :-D
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 2y agoThat use of "we" has been extremely common on HN. Fantastic to see someone calling it out as BS. End users who are not "developers"/"tech bros" who read HN cannot possibly be part of this imaginary "we".