Tell HN: Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one week

Re:Tell HN: Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one... by xienze on Monday December 05, 2016 @03:37PM (#13109250)

I think this is a fantastic idea -- it seems the trend today is to inject politics into absolutely everything. In the past, the prevailing wisdom was to avoid political and religious topics in the workplace and technical spheres (conferences, message boards like HN, etc.). Focus on the tech and just the tech and you'll be surprised how much nastiness is naturally eliminated from this board.

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Re:Tell HN: Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one... by wbillingsley on Monday December 05, 2016 @04:08PM (#13109591)

And as one, the community set down the Republican / Democrat placards they had so crudely been swinging against each other ... and picked up once more the placards for vi and emacs.

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Re:Tell HN: Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one... by Neliquat on Monday December 05, 2016 @05:24PM (#13110329)

Seconded. Even the old M$ vs moms basement linux arguments would be better.

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