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Re:Hacker News comments are assigned reading for UC Berkeley... by eesmith on Monday February 12, 2018 @06:01AM (#16357894)
You know there are people who don't like the HN hivemind, yes? "Hacker News is an echo chamber focusing on computer posturing and self-aggrandizement." and "Hacker News is the Slashdot for the smug classes".

For the most part I think they are right, though obviously I am still here. I think that says something about me.

Some of these people do things like do a redirect based on the referer.

Try following one of the links at https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=jwz.org . Done because "Hacker News is a steaming cesspool and I don't have time or desire to deal with their bandwidth demands, so I just block them."

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Re:Hacker News comments are assigned reading for UC Berkeley... by aalleavitch on Monday February 12, 2018 @09:48AM (#16358864)
It’s weird to call Hacker News a hive mind when all I see is people arguing with each other.
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Re:Hacker News comments are assigned reading for UC Berkeley... by eesmith on Monday February 12, 2018 @01:14PM (#16360561)
Have you ever watched US political shows? It seems like the inside-the-Beltway hivemind loves to argue with each other too.

Never known people who like to argue with each other for the sake of argument?

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