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It just reinforces for me that addiction is a human problem not a problem with technology I know dang basically works tirelessly to not change the format in o
by AndrewKemendo 11mo ago
It just reinforces for me that addiction is a human problem not a problem with technology
I know dang basically works
tirelessly to not change the format in order to not induce those addictive patterns
but yet here we all are
- chistev 11mo agoIt's a website with the smartest people in the world. The level of conversations here are unrivaled in internet communities. It's understandable to be addicted. Lol. I visit this place multiple times a day.
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- fwip 11mo agoIt's really not 'the smartest people.' It's people interested in tech, and often in making-a-lot-of-money-in-tech. It does have a lot of people with significant industry experience, which is cool.
- worksonmine 11mo ago> It's really not 'the smartest people.' This was especially obvious during Covid, I even stopped visiting because the comment section was so crazy.
- the_af 11mo ago> It's a website with the smartest people in the world. Nice joke! At least, I hope it was a joke...
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- phantasmish 11mo ago99% of social science or political topics and 50% of technical topics here do not… read as smart, and you’d be much better off spending the same time reading the first chapter of a relevant 101-level college textbook.
- seizethecheese 11mo agoIt's entirely possible that this is the smartest place on the internet, but also often dumb. In fact, it seems likely. More of an indictment of the rest of the places on the internet.
- squeefers 11mo ago> It's entirely possible that this is the smartest place on the internet, i cant find the link, but there was a post about how to "be nice" and it was a revelation to a worrying amount of "geniuses" on here. bare in mind the sum total of the advice was "be nice, dont be rude"
- seizethecheese 11mo ago1. niceness and genius are orthogonal 2. your characterization of the article sounds uncharitable 3. my point isn't exactly that this is necessarily the smartest place
- squeefers 11mo ago1. but social skills and genius are 2. im still staggered at how elementary it was 3. ok?
- ssdspoimdsjvv 11mo agoIntelligence has many dimensions.
- the_af 11mo ago> It's entirely possible that this is the smartest place on the internet, but also often dumb. In fact, it seems likely. More of an indictment of the rest of the places on the internet. Almost every (non-troll) online community that is relatively peaceful and has some semblance of moderation to remove flamewars thinks of itself as "the best community". Usually as compared to reddit, though if it's on reddit they will compare themselves to some other (hated) sub. It's a fact of the internet. Every online community thinks of itself as the smartest, more thoughtful, more civilized. HN is no exception. It goes without saying HN is not the smartest or more thoughtful online community. It's just... ok. Not the worst, not the best. Certainly NOT the place with the smartest people, though some smart people frequent it. As a regular, you can soon figure out HN's unspoken rules, blindspots, and areas where the group opinion is more likely to be accurate.
- linhns 11mo agoAlso the level of flak is unrivaled.
- steve_adams_86 11mo ago> the smartest people in the world But also, people like me. Be careful what you choose to believe on this website
- andrepd 11mo agoPoe's Law for a parody of the self-important sv techbro
- the_af 11mo agoIt's a testament to Poe's Law that I genuinely cannot tell if the OP was being funny or not.
- mrguyorama 11mo agoThere's a reason why HN of all places has such a terrible record of handling actual sarcasm and telling it apart from genuine belief and that reason is NOT that "HN is really smart" lol
- the_af 11mo agoAgreed! I think HN is average, and its userbase think themselves smarter than they really are. ... but I still cannot tell if the original commenter was sarcastic or not! ;)
- krapp 11mo agoAny professional forum or technical subreddit with good moderation and gatekeeping blows Hacker News out of the water any day of the week.
- dzink 11mo agoThis one is at least healthy-ish for the mind. I’d much rather hacker news than any other news. Social Media is an emotional rage-bait cesspool these days. If it’s not for Hacker News those of us who abstain from the rest would be living in the dark.
- PurpleRamen 11mo agoBut, would the addiction become worse if HN changed, or would there be a point where they could cure it?
- ZuoCen_Liu 11mo agoPerhaps this is the role of HN - at least it still allows us to reflect.