What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway?

Re:What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway? by dolni on Saturday December 26, 2020 @09:54AM (#25543811)

+1. It's actually very disturbing to me just how much of an echo chamber it has become.

Not only are slightly conservative ideas met with vitriol -- even the most ass-backwards, ridiculous ideas are showered in praise if they tow the liberal ideological line.

I suspect what we're seeing is a huge dumbing down of the platform by people who don't use it to think or be challenged. They want their garbage memes. What's upvoted is quite indicative, along with the fact that any attempt by moderators to curate content is met with outrage.

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Re:What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway? by mgh2 on Saturday December 26, 2020 @10:57AM (#25544155)

We have HN to combat this- it is somehow anti-Reddit in its guidelines.

What I worry is how the pandemic and awareness of misinformation could move people from that toxic demographic to here- but I trust in HN moderators and community to regulate this :)

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Re:What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway? by shishy on Saturday December 26, 2020 @02:52PM (#25545937)

HN is an echo chamber too... it's inevitable in any community, online or not.

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Re:What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway? by mgh2 on Saturday December 26, 2020 @03:12PM (#25546114)

Agreed, nothing is perfect and all humans are biased. But at least the community is educated and diversified enough to avoid common blind spots.

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Re:What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway? by MeinBlutIstBlau on Saturday December 26, 2020 @05:28PM (#25546930)

This is precisely why I'm here. I hope HN always keeps it's simple format. It keeps a lot of the people who want a image based non-information heavy aggregator out. I come here to learn about cool or new techie things or discuss certain career topics in IT. I don't come here because I want to see the memeeconomy or some stupid "fake-news" article that is full of political garbage meant to make people upset.

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Re:What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway? by dolni on Saturday December 26, 2020 @03:11PM (#25546095)

I haven't observed this yet. At least in the comment sections I've participated in so far, there has been a healthy amount of disagreement. And it nearly always stays civil.

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Re:What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway? by MeinBlutIstBlau on Saturday December 26, 2020 @05:26PM (#25546921)

I've noticed with NYT being on here constantly and me or others being downvoted for disagreeing with the NYT.

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Re:What service do you dislike using but keep using anyway? by MeinBlutIstBlau on Saturday December 26, 2020 @05:25PM (#25546916)

Yes the memes. I forgot to state that as well. What used to be like 25% memes on the frontpage now is like 90% memes. It's a crappy 9gag now.

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