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While I don't think it's technically hate speech, but yeah bluesky is either just unanimous negativity or positivity for different things, and it feels like gro
by YetAnotherNick 2y ago
While I don't think it's technically hate speech, but yeah bluesky is either just unanimous negativity or positivity for different things, and it feels like groupthink. There is no middle ground.
- minimaxir 2y agoAlmost all social networks have been ideologically polarized since 2016. It's not new or specific to Bluesky. The only reason Hacker News avoided that fate is due to downvote/flag mechanisms.
- bigstrat2003 2y ago> The only reason Hacker News avoided that fate It hasn't avoided that fate. If you doubt me, go into a thread about US politics and praise Donald Trump and watch as your comments get not just downvoted, but flagged so that they are hidden. This will happen no matter how good your arguments are. Make no mistake, this site is ideologically polarized just like all the others. The only saving grace is that the vast majority of topics are about tech, not politics, so the polarization is usually hidden.
- YetAnotherNick 2y agoEven in tech, there are various repeated themes you can see here, which are much more prevalent than say general tech spheres like the hate against AI, VCs, MongoDB or the love for Rust, privacy, open source, postgres etc.