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What do you think of Hacker News? (lib.lgbt)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Following the reddit fiasco, I've been looking for other communities to get tech news from. I was active on HN a long time ago but it's been a hot minute, and I left because the politics were pretty bad; lots of free speech maximalists who loved to just ask questions, especially about queer people.

Is it better now? Worse? Just different?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I really like Hacker News for the most part. Commentary is well above the cesspool of the alien site. People are really knowledgeable and quick to share it. Sometimes there are comments that pop up from 'tech celebrities' too! Always awesome to see people like tptacek (Thomas Ptacek) or CliffStoll (yes, that one) sharing in the discussions there. Sometimes though, there is an echo chamber mentality where it seems everyone commenting is 'An American white male, making $300,000 annual salary + options'.

As a platform, I appreciate what the moderators do there to keep things on topic and following the guidelines like:

Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.