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The argument about politics here is that it is more important than most tech discussions, so could easily crowd out the tech and 'interesting' (but perhaps kin
by davidw 2y ago
The argument about politics here is that it is more important than most tech discussions, so could easily crowd out the tech and 'interesting' (but perhaps kind of obscure) articles.
For instance a discussion about Ukraine... what happens there is life-or-death for thousands of people.
It's tough to look away from it right now though. At nearly 50, I still think tech is fun and interesting, but I'm getting to an age where I want to leave a better world for my kids and it looks like what they'll actually get is perhaps much worse than what I grew up with.
- lazide 2y agoNot thousands of people. Millions of people. At least.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoIn theory, yes. In practice I rarely see more than one topic on the front page a day. It's still about popularity among the audience, and of course HN's own algorithms (and dang) tend to do a good job of avoiding multiple like-minded topics being scattered out like Reddit does.
- davidw 2y agoThere is a huge amount of relentless work from 'dang' and others moderating the site. That's a big reason you don't see that stuff.