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Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by mantas »

coldpie wrote: post #7

Why do you want to share your opinions on controversial topics? What do you get out of it? No one cares about your opinions on incest except to dunk on you. You're not going to revolutionize society's opinions on incest. So stop doing that. There's a whole universe of non-politics and non-religion topics out there. Go find a cool one. Maybe explore music theory and analysis, plenty of people to talk to about that. Ma…

> If it hurts, stop doing it.

I'd love to say that in some cases. But boy that may backfire....

Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by adamcharnock »

I don't share my opinions on the internet any more, or at least try to avoid it. That's what my friends are for. I don't finding it a rewarding experience, and I find the prevalence of other people sharing their opinions online to generally make the experience worse for me.

I will however share my experience, what I have done, how I did it, how it worked, how it failed, how I choose the live my life, and why I make those choices. But these are not opinions, rather they are facts about me. People can do with those facts what they wish. If people disagree, well that hardly matters because these are my choices not theirs.

Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by x86_64Ubuntu »

wittycardio wrote: post #14

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I agree with you. This is an old solved problem. Between using different ids that don't associate to other bits of information, to not participating in such discussions, OP may be better served by not spending time online.

Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by wry_discontent »

Lochleg wrote: post #12

Everyone is self-censoring these days, and you really need to operate within a limited persona if you have an online presence. If you aren't political, you don't really need to share controversial opinions online. That's just how it is. If you have a peculiar interest, you can still hide in the crowd and try not to use your main online identity on smaller forums. For example, various porn forums actually promote the…

Even if you are political, there's usually not a need to share your opinions online.

I'm political, but my politics are often irrelevant (especially somewhere like HN). Even when politics comes up, it's not like I write a manifesto.

Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by alienbeast »

pryelluw wrote: post #5

I mean, I don’t disagree with the general point of being privacy focused as a default. Yes, that should be everyone’s approach given that we don’t openly share in real life. However, I do find it hilarious in a rather childish way that you are surprised how people react to your opinion on incest. Of all opinions, why even use that as an example? It just shows that there simply is an issue of over sharing and not bein…

OP never said anything about pedophilia, just incest between consenting adults. I guess you proved his point.

Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by vehemenz »

Reddit has "normified" over the years, like most of the Internet. Would the average person on the street have anything to say about the morality of incest? Of course not, and we don't expect them to. You will have to go to specific or niche subreddits to find interesting conversations.
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