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I know what you mean. Perhaps HN agrees. I submitted an article describing what this is and it got no where. Weird though, because any criticism of Musk usually

by alan_cx 13y ago

I know what you mean. Perhaps HN agrees. I submitted an article describing what this is and it got no where. Weird though, because any criticism of Musk usually gets karma slaughtered.

kbenson 13y ago
Voting based on opinion does little except consolidate the prevailing theory. I'm a big believer in voting based on the merits of the argument, not whether I believe in the conclusion. Well reasoned arguments I disagree with deserve a response if none present cover my objections, otherwise an up-vote of the response I agree with most. It would be interesting if there were a bunch of HN clones for different topics around, with open data. I would love to see some analysis of voting trends based on topics over time, identifying "darling" topics and how criticism of them is treated, and if it's any different in any other communities. HN users often espouse that this is a place of more rational discourse (or that is was, which is a common meme). It would be interesting to see whether this actually bears any truth, which is a goal I think any rational person could get behind.