Re:Ask HN: Is HN a ‘healthy online community’? I’m doing a c...
by banmeagaindan2 on Saturday March 28, 2020 @01:33PM
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You're correct. But there is little doubt something is slowly sliding in the wrong direction.
I would like an ecological model to be used instead of this constant spectrum-y adherence.
In an ecological model you might for instance find yourself cutting back on the majority opinion expressed in reasonable ways - just because it is too popular. Here the moderator is not the butcher but the gardener promoting a variety of interesting flora.
This is the alternative to the 'balance hypothesis' I believe to be the primary culprit and a failed model.
This is very much in the eye of the beholder. People's assumptions condition which posts they notice and how strongly they weight them. People with opposite assumptions end up with the opposite picture. (Edit: here's a nice exchange in this very thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22706035). There are endless examples:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20438487
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22256458
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15032682
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15307915
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21588105
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21325122
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15546533
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=BetterThanSlave
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16397133
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19912334
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20742578
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21803541
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21907232
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