Loaded language? You mean like "fanatics"? Making vague statements about this topic and some of the people who care about it, isn't an analysis of any kind, ei

Loaded language? You mean like "fanatics"? Making vague statements about this topic and some of the people who care about it, isn't an analysis of any kind, either, or an excuse to dismiss the valid points being raised by others. And saying it's such a cesspool that the issue is irrelevant either way is not exactly contributing to the discussion, is it. I honestly cannot come up with a single benefit of this; I mentioned some costs I see and so have others, lots more eloquently. And anecdotes do matter because this is about people and large scale effects on billions of individual lives. You can't measure or calculate any of this exactly; you have to listen to individual stories and apply your own experience, there is no shortcut. Not caring is one thing, but it's quite another to openly proclaim that one cares so little, that they just might have to take a break from HN for a week until this terrible infection (surely 4chan must be behind it, it can't have anything to do with when Google made the change) simmers down, but not without asking others why they care, as if they hadn't already stated why.