Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?

Re:Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI? by SyneRyder on Saturday June 06, 2026 @05:59AM (#48423268)

> ... I add them to a personal list that filters out their comments.

I think this would be a very useful feature to add to HN itself. I nearly emailed dang a few weeks ago to suggest it myself rather than roll my own browser extension to do it, though maybe it's my own responsibility to roll my own software too.

The Gearspace forums (vBulletin based?) have an "Ignore User" feature that helps make that forum vastly more tolerable.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI? by happytoexplain on Saturday June 06, 2026 @08:09PM (#48430450)

I think it's probably not palatable because it reduces the friction too much on removing large amounts of content for yourself - it's too easy to "delete" a person forever based on one or two things they said, or just based on not liking their opinion, and thereby reducing your exposure to differing thoughts, which is one of the tenants of HN.

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