Interesting. I'd love to have a browser extension that automatically blocks all comment sections on every site I visit, so I wouldn't feel the need to interact with anyone online.
14 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991435
Show HN: Hacker Smacker – Spot great (and terrible) HN commenters at a glance
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#22Finally someone brings this place the explicit toxicity it had been missing all those years. /s
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#23It'd be interesting to run pagerank over the trust graph
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#24That's weird, I'm reading HN every day and never felt a need for something like that. In my experience, the quality of comments is very high and really bad ones tend to be downvoted or flagged fast. Could this be a time zone issue such that people in certain time zones are less fortunate than others?
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#25what about privacy?
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#26this seems like it would increase tribalism and polarization
Indeed. Why engage with ideas on the merits when you can color (literally) your own opinion of them before even reading.
I guess if you just prefer wearing horse blinders?
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#27what about privacy?
It would appear that friend/foe lists are entirely public (the latter feels a bit rude)
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#28That's weird, I'm reading HN every day and never felt a need for something like that. In my experience, the quality of comments is very high and really bad ones tend to be downvoted or flagged fast. Could this be a time zone issue such that people in certain time zones are less fortunate than others?
"Less fortunate" is a generous wording and framing.
Re: Show HN: Hacker Smacker – Spot great (and terrible) HN commenters at a glance
#29I created and shared Ethos which is a sentiment and discourse analysis thing for HN and it's been plugging away. You're welcome to use its API if you want. Submit a PR for the CORS to be changed as needed.
Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46993774
Re: Show HN: Hacker Smacker – Spot great (and terrible) HN commenters at a glance
#30I would suggest categorizing the quality of comments by its content and not its creator. Oh, nevermind, that’s a silly thought. Challenge my core belief? Well… I could rationally evaluate that, or, I could just use a tool to block it from my vision! Bubble thickener.
There are some trolls in here that seemingly evade getting banned despite their moronic comments... Also, many comments just take a wrong premise and attack you (e.g. that not wanting the slaughter of innocent people equals supporting terrorists who want to slaughter innocent people). They don't offer anything more than that, so that IMO taking the time to consider their mostly one-note opinion is just wasting said t…
I have emailed HN before when I spot really terrible things and they have been quick to effect change.