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A good article pointing out an error that many of us make (myself included) on a regular basis. Conversely, I would say that HN commenters are often much bette
by hvs 17y ago
A good article pointing out an error that many of us make (myself included) on a regular basis. Conversely, I would say that HN commenters are often much better about avoiding the negativity trap than commenters on other tech sites.
- imajes 17y agoi wonder if that's because we're a smaller community, so there's a shame factor in being downvoted?
- pchristensen 17y agoI think it's because when people come into the community with a different attitude, they often get heavily downmodded, ignored, flagged, etc. Anti-social behavior is so actively discouraged that people either leave or shape up. Listen to the first few minutes of this podcast for the outsider's view: http://techzinglive.com/?p=70 http://techzinglive.com/?p=70