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Re: What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway?

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Post by shishy »

mgh2 wrote: post #16
dolni wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+1. It's actually very disturbing to me just how much of an echo chamber it has become. Not only are slightly conservative ideas met with vitriol -- even the most ass-backwards, ridiculous ideas are showered in praise if they tow the liberal ideological line. I suspect what we're seeing is a huge dumbing down of the platform by people who don't use it to think or be challenged. They want their garbage memes. What's u…

We have HN to combat this- it is somehow anti-Reddit in its guidelines. What I worry is how the pandemic and awareness of misinformation could move people from that toxic demographic to here- but I trust in HN moderators and community to regulate this :)

HN is an echo chamber too... it's inevitable in any community, online or not.

Re: What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway?

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Post by dolni »

shishy wrote: post #31
mgh2 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We have HN to combat this- it is somehow anti-Reddit in its guidelines. What I worry is how the pandemic and awareness of misinformation could move people from that toxic demographic to here- but I trust in HN moderators and community to regulate this :)

HN is an echo chamber too... it's inevitable in any community, online or not.

I haven't observed this yet. At least in the comment sections I've participated in so far, there has been a healthy amount of disagreement. And it nearly always stays civil.

Re: What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway?

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Post by mgh2 »

shishy wrote: post #31
mgh2 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We have HN to combat this- it is somehow anti-Reddit in its guidelines. What I worry is how the pandemic and awareness of misinformation could move people from that toxic demographic to here- but I trust in HN moderators and community to regulate this :)

HN is an echo chamber too... it's inevitable in any community, online or not.

Agreed, nothing is perfect and all humans are biased. But at least the community is educated and diversified enough to avoid common blind spots.

Re: What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway?

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Post by MeinBlutIstBlau »

dolni wrote: post #9
MeinBlutIstBlau wrote: post #8

Reddit I used to read the frontpage and popular constantly. Now I feel like I'm fully off it and only use it to consult with niche groups that don't have dedicated forums. Reddit went from a fine slashdot/digg remake to no better than facebook. I know reddit has always been a groupthink upvote downvote machine, but it's never been as bad as it is now. What would've gotten you a controversial back in 2013 is now just…

+1. It's actually very disturbing to me just how much of an echo chamber it has become. Not only are slightly conservative ideas met with vitriol -- even the most ass-backwards, ridiculous ideas are showered in praise if they tow the liberal ideological line. I suspect what we're seeing is a huge dumbing down of the platform by people who don't use it to think or be challenged. They want their garbage memes. What's u…

Yes the memes. I forgot to state that as well. What used to be like 25% memes on the frontpage now is like 90% memes. It's a crappy 9gag now.

Re: What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway?

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Post by MeinBlutIstBlau »

shishy wrote: post #31
mgh2 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We have HN to combat this- it is somehow anti-Reddit in its guidelines. What I worry is how the pandemic and awareness of misinformation could move people from that toxic demographic to here- but I trust in HN moderators and community to regulate this :)

HN is an echo chamber too... it's inevitable in any community, online or not.

I've noticed with NYT being on here constantly and me or others being downvoted for disagreeing with the NYT.

Re: What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway?

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Post by MeinBlutIstBlau »

mgh2 wrote: post #34
shishy wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN is an echo chamber too... it's inevitable in any community, online or not.

Agreed, nothing is perfect and all humans are biased. But at least the community is educated and diversified enough to avoid common blind spots.

This is precisely why I'm here. I hope HN always keeps it's simple format. It keeps a lot of the people who want a image based non-information heavy aggregator out. I come here to learn about cool or new techie things or discuss certain career topics in IT. I don't come here because I want to see the memeeconomy or some stupid "fake-news" article that is full of political garbage meant to make people upset.

Re: What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway?

#38

Post by ThePowerOfFuet »

dalu wrote: post #18

Facebook because of its hypocrisy and censorship but all the contacts are there and some even insist on it. I hate Facebook so much. The rose colored glasses or gtfo policy. I also hate Steam for this reason where you can't voice your opinion or you'll get banned. I've reached a 1 year ban now just for speaking my mind. Valve and its double standards or rather anti consumer mods have absolute power and Valve won't do…

Re your bank, take a look at Bunq.

Re: What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway?

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Post by admissionsguy »

AirBNB (and I give them so much money) - just awful web/mobile experience, unreliable review system, poor support, but in many places it's the only option for medium-term (2-4 months) accommodation browsing and booking online. I actively look for and prefer alternatives whenever available.

I completely stopped using it for short term bookings solely due to how buggy and tedious the UX is.

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