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The fact that this post is currently #3 on HN homepage and has ~100 comments in support is a strong indication to limit investment of time and effort in HN as a
by vdaniuk 11y ago
The fact that this post is currently #3 on HN homepage and has ~100 comments in support is a strong indication to limit investment of time and effort in HN as a source of knowledge and HN community as a source of rational discussion.
EDIT: 50 -> 100 comments. That rule about avoiding gratuitous negativity is obviously not working.
- faceplanter 11y agoLighten up, everyone likes a good rant once in a while (especially as good as this one). Not every link on HN can be to a white paper or similar.
- vdaniuk 11y agoBanalities, myopia, lack of perspective, bad boring writing, pandering to misconceptions does not make a good rant.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoOr maybe, just maybe, it suggests that the author is right and said out loud what many of us secretly think.
- vdaniuk 11y agoFeeling hate and spreading hate towards technology domain that is known as "web" and its ecosystem because of trite and banal grievances with some of the products of some corporations is "right"? If that is so I don't want to be a member of a toxic community that lacks meaningful perspective on the evolutionary, path-dependent origins of problems with "web technologies".
- TeMPOraL 11y agoYou call it "spreading hate", and I'll say that anyone for whom the brokenness of the web and mobile is not self-evident is suffering from a heavy case of Stockholm syndrome. It takes having a "meaningful perspective on the evolutionary, path-dependent origins of problems" to notice how insanely fucked up web/mobile is on so many levels - from absurd amount of crap we have to deal with as users to the fashion show IT industry is. The first step to fixing a problem is noticing and admitting it.
- vdaniuk 11y agoWriting, sharing or upvoting "I fucking hate X" posts doesn't contribute anything to "the first step to fixing a problem".