Even in technical discussions, you can observe arrogance and dismissal by commenters who are unacceptably underqualified in the subjects being discussed. This place has become a joke nowadays.

I just ignore those comments (and perhaps some my own comments are deemed under qualified by some).

I prefer that strategy rather than have an environment of "gatekeepers".

"Basic human decency" might be the only gate worth keeping. Without that, harassers and trolls have more effective freedom of speech than their targets, and I for one find that unacceptable. See also: paradox of tolerance.

>paradox of tolerance.

Great observation.

Agree.

> This place has become a joke nowadays.

I wouldn't go that far. The signal to noise ratio is worse than it used to be, but there's still nothing else like HN and there are still a lot of interesting technical conversations to observe or to be had. I continue to learn more here than anywhere else. I'll cope with putting in a bit more effort mentally filtering out the unproductive conversations.

>but there's still nothing else like HN

yes there is, lobste.rs is exactly HN but with a lot more selective membership and hence better comments.

i would not say it's "exactly HN". lobste.rs articles are much more programming focused. majority of posts you find on HN you would not find on lobste.rs

which is fine, if that's what you want, but, as a daily reader of both, they aren't even close to being the same thing

So the site invite only? It looks interesting, but I’m not sure I know anyone on it or am interested in bumming around for an invite from a stranger. I guess that’s part of the charm.

It is, and I am not a member. I just stay logged out and read only

That’s generally how I use HN, so I suppose that’s fine.

That's because the other posters aren't nearly as super awesome as you are mr-super-awesome-person.

If only the rest of us could be as moral and empathetic as you, I'm sure the world would soon be holding hands and singing kumbaya in a gigantic, human circle.

There's a vocal contingent of PHB middle manager of the year contestants that are desperately trying to flood discussion with their inhumane opinions to make them seem mainstream. The previous "budding Elons" label is a good one, and we should be flagging these bad actors at every turn.