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Why on hacker news when it comes to tech salaries, if they stay for a year the same everyone calls it a reduction due to inflation. However in cases of poor pe
by waffleiron 1y ago
Why on hacker news when it comes to tech salaries, if they stay for a year the same everyone calls it a reduction due to inflation.
However in cases of poor people and poverty there must be an ulterior motive.
- lovich 1y agoIt’s a VC backed forum, there’s a bias towards a population that looks down on the poor and fetishizes wealth. It’s not everyone or even a majority but because of the VC backing it’s going to be more than the general population
- Steven420 1y agoAre you suggesting that hn is removing comment's/post's that don't look down on the poor or fetishize wealth? I'm not sure how hn being vc backed has any influence on how I or anyone else here comments
- bryzaguy 1y agoIt sounds like parent comment is suggesting that hn attracts a demographic of people who look down on the poor and fetishize wealth, not that it's suppressing posts or trying to influence comments.
- lovich 1y agoThat was correct, I was commenting on the input demographics to the community, not on moderation activities
- owebmaster 1y agoYou don't need to remove content when you can let the users flag and downvote what "doesn't belong to" HN
- Ferret7446 1y agoI see your ad hominem and lack of actually explaining why the GP is wrong. Because they're not wrong. They definitely benefit from this redefinition.
- Manuel_D 1y agoBecause the former is a reduction in real terms. The latter is an increase in real terms. The increase from $2.15 2017 dollars to $3.00 2021 dollars is well above the inflation in that time frame. The article points this out quite explicitly: > However, the IPL has also increased substantially, even after inflation adjustments. The poverty line has increased in real terms.