The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppression at worst

Re:The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppress... by armored_mammal on Friday February 01, 2013 @04:12PM (#5153523)

The goal of Y Combinator is not to encourage discussion of controversial issues. If something is divisive and not related to a debate strictly to do with technical topics they probably consider it in their best interests to bury it. Sadly. Hence why special people seem to have super down vote powers, etc.

Remember, the goal is to create the illusion of community in order to market.

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Re:The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppress... by mwetzler on Friday February 01, 2013 @04:15PM (#5153537)

Hacker News just did a great job showing me that I'm not welcome in this community.

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Re:The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppress... by obituary_latte on Friday February 01, 2013 @04:33PM (#5153628)

You are as welcome as anyone else.

I don't think anyone hit the "instaban" button nor did I see anyone advocate you go away. You put yourself out there and this is how the community reacted -- don't take it personally.

Take your passion and keep fighting for what you believe in. So long as your actions align with your values, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks, says, or does.

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Re:The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppress... by mwetzler on Friday February 01, 2013 @04:42PM (#5153681)

Thank you. I am shocked by the comments and finding it hard not to take it personally. But I know you are right.

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Re:The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppress... by YuriNiyazov on Friday February 01, 2013 @05:14PM (#5153860)

This is not really a community anymore, it's more like an open park. There are some old regulars, and they are recognized by the handles, but that's about it.

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Re:The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppress... by mercurial on Friday February 01, 2013 @05:17PM (#5153876)

I can understand why you'd think that. However, if you look up, you'll see pg's explanation, which is simply that the post triggered the flamewar detector. No conspiracy here :)

So, be welcome and don't hesitate to contribute.

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Re:The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppress... by thallium205 on Friday February 01, 2013 @04:21PM (#5153570)

Yet you continue to post here?

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Re:The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppress... by chc on Friday February 01, 2013 @04:23PM (#5153580)

Please, don't be a dick.

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Re:The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppress... by mwetzler on Saturday February 02, 2013 @04:18PM (#5157356)

Thank you.

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Re:The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppress... by armored_mammal on Friday February 01, 2013 @04:29PM (#5153608)

I try not to view it as a community. Cynicism helps.

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Re:The dark side of HackerNews: negativity at best, suppress... by armored_mammal on Friday February 01, 2013 @05:07PM (#5153820)

^ And point proven.

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