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"Is HN a thing that can be abusive?" Absolutely. In the past I've watched karma burn as much as 30/40 points drop because I made some point that isn't what was
by bootload 11y ago
"Is HN a thing that can be abusive?"
Absolutely. In the past I've watched karma burn as much as 30/40 points drop because I made some point that isn't what was expected. That's not the real problem. The real problem is the stream of stupid non helpful and nasty comments.
"HN would be a very different place if it was trying to behave in a "role model" fashion toward the tech community."
Suggested this but what I've realised there is absolutely no way this will happen. THe site has its origin in one person and translated into code where the only metric is an UP or DOWN vote. What that vote means has drifted as the site has added users over the years.
"What I can't see is HN being shut down"
It will just become irrelevant.
- PopeOfNope 11y agoThe real abuse is what happens beyond the walls of this forum. HN has an outsized influence on the startup culture in San Francisco and the tech community across the world. People read things here and it affects how they view the technology they use and the people they interact with.
- bootload 11y ago"HN has an outsized influence on the startup culture in San Francisco and the tech community across the world." Difficult to tease apart HN and YC. From the outside HN may look like YC but isn't. Agree though. Didn't use to be like this. Nobody cared.
- jacquesm 11y agoI'd argue that HN and YC used to be a lot more fused in the past than they are today.