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Re:I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic by idiotsecant on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @12:50PM (#30350016)
I generally find HN to have a level of civil discourse that is unheard of on most other platforms online, to the point that I sometimes find myself behaving a little better here than I would elsewhere because it's just how it's done around here. I'm curious what community you'd point to that is not toxic if HN is considered toxic.
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Re:I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic by mgarfias on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @06:51PM (#30354591)
Well, for one, the corvette racer dudes I know aren't at all like what you see here with people telling you you're straight out wrong, dumb, etc. And they actively help each other when things happen. I've cut my track time short to help a dude I didnt know fix his car when it broke (we're friends now). Dude last year crashed his car and caught fire - was massively burnt to a crisp and almost died. People came together and almost $60k to help him. Then, another one of our crew had a stroke. The first guy donated to him (along with the rest of us), despite dealing with his own medical issues.

so yeah, by comparison HN is rude as hell

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