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Re:PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN by cortesoft on Saturday July 11, 2020 @07:27PM (#23807125)
I had to stop frequenting the r/amitheasshole sub for this very reason. Getting outraged at the assholes, and then having my comments about the assholes get hundreds of upvotes, was too rewarding. It was certainly drug-like.

It is strange, too, because I am normally an extremely forgiving person, and am often criticized for giving too much of the benefit of the doubt to people. Even if I am like that in real life, I was still able to be sucked into the outrage cycle.

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Re:PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN by refurb on Sunday July 12, 2020 @01:50AM (#23809184)
That is a truly bizarre subreddit. It’s exactly what you say, people love to go there and get on their high horse.

I also suspect there are a ton of troll posts there. Too many “I am the asshole” questions that seem perfectly aligned to the politics of the day. And the stories seem perfectly written to create conflict.

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Re:PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN by xvector on Sunday July 12, 2020 @05:49AM (#23810196)
This is almost any Reddit "advice" sub, like /r/relationships. People write stories for fun and to create conflict.
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Re:PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN by Biganon on Sunday July 12, 2020 @07:40AM (#23810606)
One of the /r/relationship_advice moderators answered to PG's tweet
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Re:PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN by DangitBobby on Sunday July 12, 2020 @10:55AM (#23811822)
It probably doesn't help that a huge portion of the content is just fictional outrage porn. So instead of a real person posting their mistakes, you are seeing a caricature of a person crafted to accumulate internet points. This caricature, of course, is optimized to make you feel angry at that "person" for their actions. These days it might as well be /r/amitheangel+creativefiction
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Re:PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN by hinkley on Sunday July 12, 2020 @01:54PM (#23813232)
I wonder how many families have been broken by people following the advice they got in AITA or relationship advice. Everyone always suggests the nuclear option.
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