COOL, maybe update the site now? Just sayin....
Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator
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One of the things that makes HN great is that it largely avoids the Current Thing discussion. There's plenty of places to get into that. Can't we have one that's focused entirely on hacker news and not any political news?
HN is increasingly a significant participant in current US politics. Attempting to pretend otherwise really doesn't work. HN has a policy of moderating discussions of YC companies less than other threads (and yes, "less" != "not at all"). There's a strong argument that a similar policy should apply to HN-adjacent politics and political acts. Posting to what was once called Twitter today is an increasingly political a…
HN is increasingly a significant participant in current US politics.
HN is about the size of a medium-popular subreddit. Its impact on US politics is not much different than that of /r/relationshipadvice.
Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator
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Nah, he's become a cynic. dang thinks Hacker News is a "swamp of amnesia". It's not a great attitude.
That reflects well on his communication skills; 'Swamp of Amnesia' is a less hackneyed phrase than 'Eternal September'
No, he thinks things don't matter because no one will remember them. He's wrong.
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#186Thanks PG, and daang. HN got me my first real job in security.
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For me, it's the politics. There's a certain kind of user that keeps pushing them here, to people who don't care about them, and which are barely related to technology if even. If you point it out, they will say "everything is political"...
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I feel like this is kind of pedantic - if your definition of the word "political" renders their point moot, then clearly they must be using a different definition.
But I understand what you mean. The problem is that 99% of online discussions about politics are not about how it relates to anything else. They are usually the same 5 conversations rehashed over and over again. And for some reason, they are aggressively derailed in that direction.
Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator
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That reflects well on his communication skills; 'Swamp of Amnesia' is a less hackneyed phrase than 'Eternal September'
No, he thinks things don't matter because no one will remember them. He's wrong.
Dan's moderation practices are viewable via his comment history*. They align well with my preferences, but, with a little imagination, I can see how some people wouldn't like them. One person's idea of good moderation is another person's terrible moderation.
Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator
#189Happy birthday and thank you!
I am really lucky to find this community.
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I like it enough to keep coming back, but lobste.rs is slightly preferable in my experience; more goodwill/less pedantry, and less Trumpelon apologism. (If you are gearing up to reply to the last three words of the previous paragraph, I can promise you I'm not interested in hearing it. You have your preferences and priorities, and I have mine)
Thanks for the lobsters link. May I request an invite?
By all means! Email's in my bio.