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>>lordna+(OP)
I think the HN culture is slowly dying. Reflexive downvoting has become very common as of late, the eternal September is brining in more people steeped in political hivemindedness. That isn’t to say all is lost, but this site feels markedly different from the beginning of the decade.

>>mieser+V4
The external culture war is a serious problem for anyone running a functioning discussion site. HN keeps it at bay but ultimately everything interesting is in some sense political. The problem with the culture wars is making everything factional as well. Not to mention the rampant dishonesty and bad-faith arguing.

As with Cloudflare, ultimately you have to pick a pro- or anti-Fascist stance, because unresponsiveness will leave you pro-Fascist by default.