The amount of speculation with regards to topics usually about race, gender, and politics but sometimes even science and programming among “engineers” and “innovators” is kind of amazing.
The HN community appears to be no more rational or evidence-based than those found in the comments section of Fox News or the New York Times.
Example comments found here:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25229544
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24149352
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23983974
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23696427
It’s all conjecture and anecdotes. Rarely will someone take the time to research and post links to evidence to improve the conversation.
1. What hope do we have if creators and maintainers are prone to the same proclivities as the users?
2. What can HN do to make not only it’s commenting section better but also improve the quality of commenting on the interwebs? Why?
The HN community appears to be no more rational or evidence-based than those found in the comments section of Fox News or the New York Times.
Example comments found here:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25229544
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24149352
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23983974
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23696427
It’s all conjecture and anecdotes. Rarely will someone take the time to research and post links to evidence to improve the conversation.
1. What hope do we have if creators and maintainers are prone to the same proclivities as the users?
2. What can HN do to make not only it’s commenting section better but also improve the quality of commenting on the interwebs? Why?