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Re:Ask HN: Is HN a ‘healthy online community’? I’m doing a c... by gitpusher on Friday March 27, 2020 @04:13PM (#22706379)
> communities with controversy aren't necessarily 'unhealthy'

I recommend you explore the concept of "agonism" – which claims that (certain forms of) conflict and disagreement are essential components of a healthy democratic system. Many parallels could be drawn to online communities (specifically) and the curation of productive, social spaces (in general.)

In this era of conflict avoidance and information siloing... promoting the right sorts of disagreement might actually do a great social good!

Good luck with your assignment.

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Re:Ask HN: Is HN a ‘healthy online community’? I’m doing a c... by sankalpb on Friday March 27, 2020 @05:04PM (#22706886)
thank for suggesting the concept of 'agonism' here, would you say that HN enables or doesn't enable 'agonistic' relations well, such as the ability of its members to 'disagree', and how?
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