I think, given the frequency of AI posts, and related slop on HN, and the statistically significant number of posts showing de-amplification happening on anyone

I think, given the frequency of AI posts, and related slop on HN, and the statistically significant number of posts showing de-amplification happening on anyone responding to AI sentiment critically on HN (within 3-10 hours of the post) means a few things. Anyone responding is going to find themselves downvoted (karma leached) regardless of any legitimate points or position and you can't have interesting conversations without measured disagreement. Value comes from things you don't know, "yes people" blindly follow the trend. There's also no real point or value in a discussion when you have bad actor bullies silencing truth they disagree with or opinions that are rationally based, and then have them trying to gaslight and play off the lack of anything to the contrary as their sentiment is just what everyone thinks (because downvoted posts disappear beyond a threshold). Its not, and HN is just a minor step up from 4chan with perspectives favoring Chinese talking points most times, almost completely unmoderated with few exception. The sophisticated propaganda, manipulation, and other stuff just flows freely. Just recently I had a post where I was significantly downvoted for saying AI shouldn't be controlling nuclear power plants for safety issues. How's that for warped. The people were saying the AI could manage the power grid and just turn the power plant back on right after it was shut down, and I pointed out there's a 3-day wait and failing that wait is what happened at Chernobyl and you can't do that in a controllable way (Xenon is a problem). -9 on that post, and flagged; now its gone afaics. Seriously messed up. There's a point where the platform gets a bad reputation, and crazy/delusional polarizing elements take over by driving the grounded and measured people away. That topic is a much more interesting topic.