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What does that even mean? Is HN supposed to be a medium for the preservation of some kind of philosophical balance of power between operating systems and hardwa
by w0utert 14y ago
What does that even mean? Is HN supposed to be a medium for the preservation of some kind of philosophical balance of power between operating systems and hardware vendors? Shame on me for thinking it was a medium to report on technology and the startup scene all along :-/
It's really sad to see how every.single.time community driven websites devolve into ideological crusades between people who can't seem to just accept different people have different preferences when it comes to computers (I'm being polite here). There's a meme in here somewhere, maybe I should try to coin it.
- Shivetya 14y agoTo be honest I have seen the same happen here as on other sites. The community seems to pass through phases with its view about a company. From initial interest, near blind loyalty, to OMG WTF they are evil. This happens with individuals in tech too, though there are examples where many end up redeemed in the eyes of the community. Apple began inching into the OMG WTF EVIL category awhile back for some and others eventually tagged along. That herd mentality that many sites develop does happen here too. Face it, HN is a community within each community are cliques that rise and fall in their influence and that comes out in how stories and comments are views and voted on
- josh2600 14y agoGoogle Peter Thiel's "Founder as Victim, Founder as God" which is a treatise on this very subject.
- devcpp 14y agoYou imply that "the community" changed opinions... but "the community" is not a person. It's not necessarily minds that change rather than the people. The readers of HN are the teenagers of yesterday, who have never stopped disliking Apple.