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> HN has an influx of new users who [...] not have enough domain expertise to engage on discussion of technical subjects. I think that a simpler explanation i
by ufo 13y ago
> HN has an influx of new users who [...] not have enough domain expertise to engage on discussion of technical subjects.
I think that a simpler explanation is that politics is universal while technical topics will only be interesting to the subset of people that are affected by said technologies. Not everyone uses AngularJS/Python/Haskell/etc.
- jurassic 13y agopg addresses this in his essay "Keep Your Identity Small". I think this is the root of the problem. http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html