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What 4chan thinks of HN
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Re: What 4chan thinks of HN
#182I was on 4chan /g/ basically every moment where I had more than an hour's worth of computer time from around 2010 to mid 2013. In those days as a PC hardware enthusiast and someone who was just beginning to use GNU/Linux, I felt I fit in with the culture fairly well. Of course, there was always "shitposting," but I found the amount of garbage to be tolerable. As I finished high school and started diving more deeply i…
RMS isn't really portrayed negatively on /g/. Sure he is made fun of but there is still large minority who agree with his philosophy.
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#183I'm actually really surprised they seem to think that the HN community is anti-sexist. Compared to 4chan, maybe, but from my experience it isn't at all.
(I'm assuming you're using "anti-sexist" to mean "feminist" rather than its literal definition.)
A little over a year ago, there was a lot of third-wave feminist activism here after several "Atheism Plus" communities mentioned Hacker News. Gradually, people started standing up to them, and their activism is not nearly as prominent.
On a side note: If you're curious about "Atheism Plus", it's a set of communities that focus on its members vision of social justice. Interestingly, it's not really about atheism; it's almost never discussed. For example, here's a current snapshot of the front page of their subreddit: http://archive.is/CMcAy
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#184> implying 4chan is one person
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#1854chan's commenting system is simultaneously more annoying, and more enjoyable to use. The backtrack style lets you follow conversations, but it doesn't become a nested nightmare. Backtracks also highlight comments of importance or significance. the Reddit/HN system is hunting the most valuable comments through democracy, but it throws that work out because of its visible tree structure. People can ride the top post.…
I absolutely love 4chan with quote inlining switched on. You get all the benefits of a flat conversation (which I think is much easier to follow,) but if you need context on a post, you can expand the replies into something resembling a thread without losing your place on the page. It's a win-win.
It's definitely a shame about the captcha, but like a couple of people have already said, it's necessary.
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#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
As an Australian, my viewpoint into Silicon Valley culture is through HackerNews. What are the main differences then?
Well, not everyone here is ripping off existing products and adding Bootstrap to them. :) A few startups working on other things are... https://angel.co/boosted-boards https://angel.co/counsyl https://angel.co/crowdmed
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
So, is it mere political correctness which prevents me from calling people "nigger"? Or, is it a desire to respect my fellow human beings? It's not about political correctness. It's about not being a dick. I've said nothing about saying controversial things...I've called out intentional attacks by people with power on people with less power. White kids calling everybody nigger isn't an important discussion that neede…
It's political correctness. Nigger in particularly has had a nice and storied discussion on how arbitrary it's acceptability is. You think you're not being a dick, but your sensitivity is blinding you. I've called my friends things far worse than what nigger objectively means, but the social constructs around it are so bizarre as to make it taboo, but only taboo in my context. Just like sex is taboo. Just like drugs…
Man, I just love hearing that word. Thought maybe I wouldn't on HN... but guess I was wrong.
Also... if you think you've called your friends worse than what the n-word means and symbolizes, you clearly don't know much about the history of it.
You're really trying to say "Nier is just a taboo."?
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#188This one is my favourite -"Things I've learned from coding for a month" -"Ten ways to become a better programmer" - by the guy who's been coding for a month
This. These kinds of posts always make me roll my eyes. Frequently they get hundreds of upvotes.
Makes me wonder about the quality of submissions from the fields I understand much less (sciences, humanities, politics, etc.).
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
OK, I think maybe we're talking past one another. So, let's get specific: What "progressive dogma" have I brought up that you believe we should be able to discuss and that you should be able to disagree with?
You haven't brought up any. But some are pretty common. I'm just arguing that PC prevents free thought and the dispassionate analysis of evidence, since it applies moral values to the evidence itself and it prejudicially strikes out some plausible hypotheses. For example, I don't buy that racism is the sole reason for the underrepresentation of some ethnic minority groups in tech because other ethnic minority groups…
You would hardly be fired for saying "Tech is not racist". I'd argue that you are wrong as would others, but you're just being hyperbolic.
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#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it really honest? Anonymous discussion tends to bring out the bigots - there's even some of it in the linked thread - but is it their genuine opinion, or could it be that it's just bored teenagers trying to rile someone up for a laugh?
You bring up an interesting point to discuss. I see this kind of "shock" throughout the techy mainstreamy politcally correct communities. It seems to me that the people that take issue with bigotry are themselves somehow weak through some kind of insecurity manifesting itself as a desire to fix this perceived "injustice". Because, you know, muh feels. 4chan just doesn't care about your feels. It's funny to say this (…
"I see this kind of "shock" throughout the techy mainstreamy politcally correct communities. It seems to me that the people that take issue with bigotry are themselves somehow weak through some kind of insecurity manifesting itself as a desire to fix this perceived "injustice". Because, you know, muh feels."
Hey there, privilege.
"4chan just doesn't care about your feels."
Which is precisely why it's predominantly white males.