Just asking a question like proves the point. Bluntly yes those discussions are fine. With the huge polarization in politics, regardless of side it devolves into an endless low-signal comments that add nothing new of value. There is no added value in any comments that would crop up from a post like this. It is also why anything related to Israel vs Gaza get auto flagged. People like to project it’s because of secret operations to remove all negative publicity but generally it’s more mundane, folks don’t want to rehash the same arguments over and over.
I understand the idea here of course. I have been posting and commenting on HN for the better part of two decades. I don't want to see HN descend into a complete chaos of political news, I agree with that. But it also feels not so right to have absolutely zero response or reflection on current events within this community given how close this democracy seems to be teetering on the edge.
This community DOES generally have a higher level of discourse than other parts of the internet and I don't believe that is wholly because we avoid contentious topics. (thus my vim vs emacs example)
infecto|11 months ago
nicpottier|11 months ago
This community DOES generally have a higher level of discourse than other parts of the internet and I don't believe that is wholly because we avoid contentious topics. (thus my vim vs emacs example)
jamincan|11 months ago