I guess you are right, this thread is filled with low effort, emotional posts which clearly illuminate biased views. [0] Hopefully some one with years of experience in ‘forum talk’ will be able to realign this misguided soul. Until then, let’s flag anything that makes Elon look bad so we never have to talk about it.[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44009199
tomhow|9 months ago
What is wrong is to repeatedly use this website for a purpose other than its stated purpose and in breach of the guidelines, then when engaging in discussion with the moderators about the site's purpose and moderation approach, poison the discussion with these kinds of accusations and barbs.
The topic of biases and agendas has been raised countless times here over the years [1]. We're routinely accused of being biased in favour of one side or the other, or when that won't stick, of being "status-quo-ist" or some similar kind of “centrism” neg, none of which we can defend ourselves against without fuelling someone else's accusation of some other form of bias.
All we can do is keep explaining and demonstrating that the one thing we're trying to optimise for is intellectual curiosity. And in a world where it seems every major media outlet, social media platform and political actor trades on getting everyone riled up every day, we think it's important that there can be one corner of the web that isn't all about getting people riled up all the time.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26148870
trust_bt_verify|9 months ago
computerthings|9 months ago
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