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In the case of Hacker News, not everyone agrees on what's productive or not. Saying "the community" without some way to decide between split opinions isn't a re
by ObviousScience 12y ago
In the case of Hacker News, not everyone agrees on what's productive or not. Saying "the community" without some way to decide between split opinions isn't a real answer to how we're going to pick.
One could argue that we're already doing some form of community driven decision about what's productive on Hacker News (what, with the voting and what not), but you're clearly not happy with what people settled on through that method.
- acqq 12y ago> but you're clearly not happy with what people settled on through that method. I am. And I'm also willing to risk having the post downvoted if it goes against what some "voters" would find offensive to their beliefs. For example, a lot of US people, including those on HN, believe it's not allowed to directly "talk negative" about any religion (when I just point to obvious aggresive teachings in them). And I beleive that that approach makes the world much worse.