zlacker

>>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
How do you know that downvoting is "reflexive" - certainly any time I've been downvoted it was, on reflection, fairly well justified.

>>arethu+K5
I rarely get downvoted, but I feel that most of the ones I have received are unjustified. It usually comes from posting nuanced details that go against a prevailing narrative in a contentious thread.

I'm at the point now where I immediately hide submissions that seem like they have anything to do with American health care or American transportation.