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>>furcyd+(OP)
It's pretty interesting to see the increase lately of comments defending various companies. Not saying there's a conspiracy but it's a bit weird

>>annada+2n
Hacker News has always been like this. The site is specifically targeted at people associated with venture-capital-funded startups.

A very large percentage of those people are former FAANG employees, employees of companies trying to get acquired by FAANG, or employees of companies doing exactly the same things that FAANG are getting criticized for. (Some are all three!)

I doubt any of them are getting paid to AstroTurf, but they know what side their bread is getting buttered on.

>>wtracy+Do
> The site is specifically targeted at people associated with venture-capital-funded startups.

Quite un-so! HN is targeted at one group only: the intellectually curious. So curiosity—keeping HN interesting—is the only thing we care about and optimize for.

As for VC-funded startups, since only about 10% of HN users are located in Silicon Valley, the number working for such startups is certainly far less than that. 50% of HN users are outside the US. This community is orders of magnitude more diverse than your image of it here.

People work for many different employers. Are their views impacted by their work experience? Of course they are—for every user here. There's nothing sinister about that. If someone posts a view that's wrong, others will correct it. As long as they do so thoughtfully, that's great. The cycle of life on HN.

>>dang+ts
20% of Americans on HN are localized to the Valley? That seems insanely high. Can you cite references?

>>dlivin+oy
I would imagine that dang has access to HN's internal metrics which probably aren't public.

Also, when dang contradicts me about HN, that means I'm wrong, lol.