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"... and you care a lot about the issues in Gaza." I care a lot about certain political issues but I would not try to talk about them on HN, and I bet you woul
by davi 18y ago
"... and you care a lot about the issues in Gaza."
I care a lot about certain political issues but I would not try to talk about them on HN, and I bet you wouldn't either.
It seems weird -- almost sycophantic -- to so readily apply a different standard to Paul Graham. The only way I think one can attempt to justify a different standard for him is by invoking the American (only?) expression, 'his house, his rules'. In this way of thinking, he built the site, and we are his guests. But even this seems like a pretty attenuated rationale, to me.
- palish 18y agoYeah, there's an element of 'his house, his rules'. But mostly it's just too taxing to continue caring. If he wants one high-quality political article on the site, fine, it doesn't really matter. The site didn't explode as a result. And there are a lot of interesting things to do besides trying to win a debate. Right now, you could be conversing with someone through a Mac Mini: http://coworkthailand.com/say/ http://coworkthailand.com/say/ I'm also tired of coming off sounding like a negative person. "you support a political submission!" "stop group-downvoting this guy for his opinion!" "we can't click through a killed submission!" "you disabled someone's account for possibly dubious reasons!" -- these are not my issues, and it's hard to feel like any of them actually matter in the big picture, and if they don't matter, why care? And it feels against my character to speak like that anyway. So I've decided to find out where the site will steer us rather than wrestling to steer the site.