It's naive to think that HN is necessarily better than an arbitrary Subreddit in terms of quality of conversations and depth of discussions, especially on non-tech related material. I don't know why one might think it's better/worse than a Twitter thread or Facebook post when it comes to controversial topics. You can find smart and dumb people here. Also, going against the narrative of the comment section may have negative consequences even here.
My personal preference is to treat HN as any other popular social media and be vigilant about what I read here.
P.S. I am not talking about this particular post. Just an opinion about the discussions on HN since you mentioned.
My personal preference is to treat HN as any other popular social media and be vigilant about what I read here.
P.S. I am not talking about this particular post. Just an opinion about the discussions on HN since you mentioned.
Edit: typo fix