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>>ahmetc+(OP)
This comment thread is the most civilised online discussion I have seen in a long while about this particular topic, despite people coming from diverse backgrounds and disagreeing.

In this sense, hackernews gives me hope that online culture is not lost yet.

>>nieman+Lb
It's because realistically hn is an oasis of educated people that has been overlooked by astroturfers and foreign interests (very strongly including the government in this piece), and hasn't expanded its core demographic for profit. This is what the rest of the internet would be like without manipulation. Imagine how much better things would be

>>t0lo+8c
If HN is so educated and civic, we would be able to have more of that sort of debate and not just once in a while.

Also note that dang is already pretty active here banning people.

It is a topic where deep emotions come up and where fanatism is widespread. Also among educated people. Also not sure if you have not noticed before, but HN is part of a profit orientated venture capitalist company. Still, I also do enjoy this Oasis here. But I don't see how it can scale in any way you seem to imagine.