I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic

Re:I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic by aaomidi on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @02:13PM (#30351232)

It's also one of the most dog-whistled racist communities I've been on. Unfortunately, calling out that behavior gets you targeted as a SJW, or something else.

But yeah, on some posts, I get really uncomfortable on HN.

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Re:I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic by gunfighthacksaw on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @02:53PM (#30351748)

I agree with your point of view even if I wouldn’t have phrased it like that.

I’ve read / posted / shitposted stuff on here that would get me ratiod or yalled on other social networks, and would definitely lose me friends if I publicly repeated it, or family if I pushed it politically.

I can’t think of any examples off the top of my head because I read hundreds of stories per week on here and only notice it when I see a (not downvoted) comment that makes me go WOOOOOOW.

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Re:I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic by aaomidi on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @12:43PM (#30363063)

Yeah I didn't really phrase it the right way when I posted that. But essentially my experience matches yours.

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Re:I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic by paulpauper on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @02:28PM (#30351407)

like what example

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