Re:I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic
by ksec on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @07:35PM
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You know, I think that is not toxic, and I would argue it is not smart or dumb ( so to speak ) as the author tries to put it.
It is simply youth and inexperience, or age and wisdom depending on the situation and how you view it.
And that is a problem in online discussion because I dont know people's age. ( And that is going to get drawn into ageism discussions but let's ignore that for now ) If I know you are only 20ish. My first instinct wouldn't be try and correct you it "really" isn't working. It is to convince you to take a look. And give you directions. You cant give people answer to questions or problems they have. They have to figure it out the answer themselves. The experience of real learning.
And online discussions misses a lot of these context. Or at least very hard to do it correctly.
You should, in most cases grown out of it in your 30s, or about 10 years after you start working in the society. And laugh about the stupidity of it in your 40s or 50s.
My biggest concern is somehow there are increasingly number of people, especially in tech ( I have no idea why ) that dont grown out of it.
It is simply youth and inexperience, or age and wisdom depending on the situation and how you view it.
And that is a problem in online discussion because I dont know people's age. ( And that is going to get drawn into ageism discussions but let's ignore that for now ) If I know you are only 20ish. My first instinct wouldn't be try and correct you it "really" isn't working. It is to convince you to take a look. And give you directions. You cant give people answer to questions or problems they have. They have to figure it out the answer themselves. The experience of real learning.
And online discussions misses a lot of these context. Or at least very hard to do it correctly.
You should, in most cases grown out of it in your 30s, or about 10 years after you start working in the society. And laugh about the stupidity of it in your 40s or 50s.
My biggest concern is somehow there are increasingly number of people, especially in tech ( I have no idea why ) that dont grown out of it.