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The levels of downvotes on your reasonable comments really makes me weep for HN. Seems like it has turned into standard Reddit hivemind users.
by indoordin0saur 2y ago
The levels of downvotes on your reasonable comments really makes me weep for HN. Seems like it has turned into standard Reddit hivemind users.
- jodrellblank 2y agoI wrote three paragraphs with 8 links showing multiple lies, manipulation, differences between how Musk presents himself and what he says he supports (Randian superman), vs. what actually happened (taxpayer funding) and they post a one-line dismissive "who cares, he's rich, the ends justify the means". That's not a good comment, especially in the light of dang's callout at the top of this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42992992 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42992992 "don't post low-information / high-indignation comments that could just as easily appear in any related thread. Such generic comments make discussion less interesting and more activating.".
- gordian-mind 2y agoI can also now add to my list: and now an offshoot of X, xAI, released the most impressive thinking model people have seen in some time. The issue is that one can write as many paragraphs as they want, if the goal of those paragraphs is to obscure some basic truths then they will gain: - laudation from sycophants; - mere rejection from "basic facts enjoyers". Your dismissal of Musk's accomplishments and companies for political reasons is also a dismissal of all the people who have trusted him with their time and effort to build all those wonders. What they've accomplished is great, and it obviously would not have happened without him.