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While it's all subjective, other social networks are literally full of memes. Memes are unpopular on HN. Better to have groupthink that is hostile to groupthin
by thomassmith65 1y ago
While it's all subjective, other social networks are literally full of memes. Memes are unpopular on HN.
Better to have groupthink that is hostile to groupthink than to have memes.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoI disagree. If a picture is worth more than a thousand words then a meme is worth more than a thousand groupthink slop comments.
- thomassmith65 1y agoLet's say HN were full of edgy comments, memes and flame wars. Some people would like that version of HN more, others less. I probably would close my account. There might not be a version of this site that would please everybody.
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago>Let's say HN were full of edgy comments, memes and flame wars. Ackshually, edgy meme websites with no moderation don't have any flame wars since everyone there is on the same page. Flame wars are in places like HN where moderation is heavily one sided and arbitrary, while pretending to be objective and inclusive.
- thomassmith65 1y agoX…
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago4chan
- thomassmith65 1y agoOur branch of the thread seems to be drifting away from the original issue. Whatever combination of user behaviors it is that HN's moderation promotes, it appeals to some people more than X, 8chan, gab, reddit, etc. Perhaps some of the other sites contain the 20% of comments - with its pearls of contrarian wisdom - that HN flags. There is an audience of people (like me) to whom that absence doesn't matter. I have no interest in wading through posts where there's no minimum bar for garbage. Some people do, and good for them: they can pan for gold on reddit, etc. HN works well, as-is, for a certain segment of the public.
- lupusreal 1y agoI would explain why I think you're wrong, but I'm feeling lazy so please instead pretend that I just quoted you while posting a soyjack meme.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoIf you're replying with a meme, then how could I be wrong? You'd be proving me right.
- lupusreal 1y agoIt's a sort of demonstration of why you're wrong.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoLow effort rants are not demonstrations of anything except lack of critical thinking
- lupusreal 1y ago> Low effort rants Like arguing using memes. It doesn't get more low effort than that. It's sad that I had to spell this out to you.