Re:I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic
by cloudier on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @10:28PM
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The vast majority of HN comments care much more about being right than being kind, and this has also been my experience within the tech industry in general. I doubt that the author thinks that unlimited kindness at the expense of correctness is the ideal.
It’s funny that we view this with disdain but are ok with unlimited kindness at the expense of correctness. Both ends should be tempered so we do not favor one over the other. Otherwise, you end up with things like “lived experience” and “emotional safety” becoming axioms of debate - which is a disservice to the truth and our society.