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Why is Hacker News like that? (drewdevault.com)

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[–] ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 20 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Agree with all of this, but why then does the author stay on HN? It's as with Xitter, at some point staying on the platform makes you complicit.

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[–] exu@feditown.com 4 points 4 hours ago

I don't think he is on HN actually

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[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 5 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

I'd assume because there's no alternative that's good enough.

HN has its problems, but it's still worthwhile if you can ignore the politics and focus on technical discussions.

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[–] naught101@lemmy.world 23 points 7 hours ago

Technical people ignoring the politics and focusing on technical discussions is like... the whole problem.

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