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1. xyzzy_+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-11-25 01:23:04
It's definitely only a great, good place from a certain perspective. People I respect greatly refer to "the orange site" as "toxic", "misanthropic" or "misogynistic" and full of "microdosing" "VC worshipping wankers" who don't read TFA.

It's definitely taken a different path than the one it was on c.2010 where any entrepreneur was effectively worshipped. I'm not sure if it's better or worse. The site rarely brings me joy. If it disappeared tomorrow I wouldn't miss it, but I wouldn't know what to do with myself.

And yet here we are.

Differing perspectives: https://twitter.com/search?q=%22the%20orange%20site%22

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2. Mirast+ph[view] [source] 2022-11-25 04:27:55
>>xyzzy_+(OP)
While HN, despite dang’s heroic efforts, isn’t exactly non-toxic, using Twitter to point this out is hilarious.
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3. throwa+No[view] [source] 2022-11-25 05:44:30
>>xyzzy_+(OP)
Well yeah, there are hilariously bad and evil comments on any forum with enough people. HN is pretty good for what it is.
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4. xyzzy_+By[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-11-25 07:54:15
>>Mirast+ph
Twitter as a whole? Sure, no question there.

But in practice I find Twitter entirely reasonable. My feed is arguably much higher quality than HN for my purposes.

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5. sph+IF[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-11-25 09:18:31
>>xyzzy_+By
Meh. You're applying selective judgement when talking about Twitter, saying it's entirely reasonable because you are very good at avoiding the awful parts of it.

Do the same with HN and you will see the good parts of it are entirely reasonable as well.

Taken as a whole, I don't see how Twitter as a whole is reasonable. In my opinion, on average it is probably the most toxic, inane popularity contest of any social media.

That said, this is a Thanks HN post, so I don't really care to make this a whole discussion about the blue site vs the orange site.

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6. flippi+Go1[view] [source] 2022-11-25 15:50:29
>>xyzzy_+(OP)
Looking forward to Elon making some needed changes to twitter!
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7. xyzzy_+r83[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-11-26 04:56:48
>>sph+IF
I guess my perspective is more so that many folks on HN openly celebrate HN, and feel that it is objectively good, and folks who don't agree with that are firmly ostracized. Criticism of HN doesn't do well here.

Conversely I don't know of a single person who uses Twitter who doesn't believe it to be an absolute hellsite of inane misery.

Twitter is quite self aware, HN... not so much.

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