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Isn’t it easier to just put your fingers in your ears, shut your eyes, and go la-la-la? Some of us prefer to see what’s going on, particularly when the HN comm

Isn’t it easier to just put your fingers in your ears, shut your eyes, and go la-la-la? Some of us prefer to see what’s going on, particularly when the HN community might be people making the situation worse. Not every bit of software is helpful, and “data”in the wrong hands can be fatal.

cloverich 1y ago
That's literally every other site. The reason you can't see high quality HN style comments on those sites, is because they don't block stuff like this. And quality goes exactly where you'd expect. You can't get quality commentary on charged political topics on a mostly unmoderated online forum. You need dedicated groups and in depth moderation. Like it or not life does go on regardless of political complex and so long as we're working, we need more than _just_ politics in our news feeds. That's what HN is.
Jensson 1y ago
> Some of us prefer to see what’s going on And you can see that anywhere else, why should every site talk about the same things?
- saubeidl 1y ago
  Because American democracy is literally being dismantled as we speak???
  - Jensson 1y ago
    But this event was already covered, there is no need to also have this opinion piece as well. You can just read this thread which isn't flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45282482 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45282482
  - Esophagus4 1y ago
    But many of us have several sources of news, and we use HN explicitly because it is not another outrage-based social news aggregator. I don’t want to see HN turn into Reddit. I flagged this post as well. I don’t think HN needs political commentary on news unless it is particularly insightful. It’s explicitly against the guidelines. I didn’t flag Paul Krugman’s article today because, while political, it wasn’t just a political news softball. This doesn’t add much to the world’s overall understanding at this point. Does reading the 6th article about Kimmel today change the fact that “democracy is literally being dismantled?”

cloverich 1y ago

That's literally every other site. The reason you can't see high quality HN style comments on those sites, is because they don't block stuff like this. And quality goes exactly where you'd expect. You can't get quality commentary on charged political topics on a mostly unmoderated online forum. You need dedicated groups and in depth moderation. Like it or not life does go on regardless of political complex and so long as we're working, we need more than _just_ politics in our news feeds. That's what HN is.

Jensson 1y ago

> Some of us prefer to see what’s going on And you can see that anywhere else, why should every site talk about the same things?

saubeidl 1y ago
Because American democracy is literally being dismantled as we speak???
- Jensson 1y ago
  But this event was already covered, there is no need to also have this opinion piece as well. You can just read this thread which isn't flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45282482 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45282482
- Esophagus4 1y ago
  But many of us have several sources of news, and we use HN explicitly because it is not another outrage-based social news aggregator. I don’t want to see HN turn into Reddit. I flagged this post as well. I don’t think HN needs political commentary on news unless it is particularly insightful. It’s explicitly against the guidelines. I didn’t flag Paul Krugman’s article today because, while political, it wasn’t just a political news softball. This doesn’t add much to the world’s overall understanding at this point. Does reading the 6th article about Kimmel today change the fact that “democracy is literally being dismantled?”