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Re: Ask HN: Does anyone else feel like staying off HN for a bit?

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Post by lhorie »

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #16
lhorie wrote: post #7

This whole thing reminds of the 4 stages of change: - denial: our capitalistic democratic ways work: we're not China! - resistance: oh no, FAANG control our lives, we must fight back! - exploration: what if mastodon blockchain webRTC could save us? - acceptance: something must be done, X is something, therefore it must be done! We're currently on the third step. I'd love for there to be a rational, coherent solution…

> - acceptance: something must be done, X is something, therefore it must be done! That's not acceptance. That's the politician's syllogism, and it's a logical fallacy. Acceptance is "This is the way it is, and I/we can't change it."

within the 4 stages of change, "acceptance" is a bit of a misnomer. Sometimes, it's labeled "commitment". The basic tenet is that some sort of conclusion happens in this stage (which may or may not be based on a consensus)

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone else feel like staying off HN for a bit?

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Post by zigzaggy »

When some group, or citizens of a country, or people in a large "class" goes through culturally-significant events, it is perfectly reasonable for conversation to be pulled in that directly for some amount of time. My experience is that this place will always adjust itself back to it's core topic.

Side note: I've noticed these topics tend to burn out quickly because the post and the posters are getting tons of down votes and, due to the "algorithm" (dang), being slowly pushed away from the top. Speaking of: Moderating is often a thankless job, so thank you.

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone else feel like staying off HN for a bit?

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Post by jokethrowaway »

I do enjoy hn's discussions even if my opinions are rarely shared.

In general I don't mind reading opinions which are different from mine and I enjoy a window on people in tech and startup on issues that space from technology to politics.

I felt in the past it may be a bit to addictive (I don't do any other social media) and ended up restricting its usage (first fully, then by time, then by device).

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone else feel like staying off HN for a bit?

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Post by the_only_law »

zozbot234 wrote: post #13

HN has always had rather poor quality of discussion around politics (though of course it's still way better than Facebook or Twitter, not to mention Parler!). It's not really about Trump or about what has transpired during the past week; that's just the symptom.

Agreed, but it just seems like more and more politics. I used to be able to find interesting threads randomly by browsing comments, but it seems like a large amount of what I see there now is low effort bickering. Additionally, I can't seem to get engagement or discussion on any of my "on topic" comments. Now this might be my fault, but some of the threads I make that seem more interesting, tend to get maybe an upvote or two and little to no comments.

I've come and gone over the past several years, but tend to come back because its still the site that curates the most interesting tech content, but most of my good tech discussions happen on various discord servers now.

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone else feel like staying off HN for a bit?

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Post by taylodl »

No. There are always a lot of discussions on HN I don't much care about - so I ignore them. Meanwhile, a historical event took place in the United Sates this past week. "Big Tech" has reacted to that event. That reaction is being discussed. Seems like an appropriate topic for HN to discuss. If you don't want to discuss that issue there are still posts such as how the new MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever used. So I suggest ignore what you don't want to read more about and click through the things you do.
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