There's this mistake people make, especially in tech, where if someone says "X is bad" people think "Wow, they must really know about X". There's tons of 'hot takes' and criticism because it's really easy to look and feel smart when you're the person levying those.

I actually appreciate it. I'll often read the article then check the comments for the other viewpoint(s).

Because you can't downvote an HN post, and shouldn't downvote when you disagree, so people end up upvoting contrary opinions they agree with. The sequence is usually [Post with a position A] -> top comment (disagrees with position A) -> top child comment (disagrees with top comment, usually focusing a single, least-significant point raised by top comment)

And then the top response to the top response is usually pedantic strawmanning