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Just because you might think what you're adding (or anyone for that matter) is meaningful doesn't mean everyone else does. I don't know how long you've been lu
by brymaster 13y ago
Just because you might think what you're adding (or anyone for that matter) is meaningful doesn't mean everyone else does.
I don't know how long you've been lurking on HN before registering, but your account isn't very old and you're suggesting that everything has gone to shit, people should be hellbanned and the forum should be invite-only.
To be honest it's just a matter of perspective and these meta discussions aren't very interesting.
- vxNsr 13y agoI've been a reader for about a year... and frankly the tone of comments has changed drastically since then. At the time I felt like I had nothing to add and thus didn't create an account, when I finally did create an account I almost immediately got into a political flame war with someone (remember the elections were coming up then) and got hellbanned, I stayed quiet for a while after that, and then created another account this time vowing to not comment unless I felt what I was saying was something other's would find useful and interesting. In addition I attempted to stay away from politics as it gets heated quickly (I kinda failed on that front when the NYT published that op-ed from the Gitmo Terrorist). All this to say that people will abuse their power more as accountability nears zero. If we can figure out a way to keep everything open and still provide a good environment I'm all for it, and some people here have provided a groundwork, and I think it's great!