I've been on HN for 11 years now, and each year its been more negative. At some point the best way to get upvotes turned into "say something pedantic that contradicts the parent post or criticizes it."
This is a big part of the reason why I dialed my contributions way back, and I've heard the same from many other great people in the IRL tech community that I respect. Unfortunately each time a positive person stops contributing on HN it just leads to the site becoming more negative. It is a vicious cycle.
This is a big part of the reason why I dialed my contributions way back, and I've heard the same from many other great people in the IRL tech community that I respect. Unfortunately each time a positive person stops contributing on HN it just leads to the site becoming more negative. It is a vicious cycle.