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If the top article on the Hacker News home page contradicts the evidence and the data that I have read, what am I supposed to do? I did not paste in a pre-writt
by devalier 11y ago
If the top article on the Hacker News home page contradicts the evidence and the data that I have read, what am I supposed to do? I did not paste in a pre-written screed. I have read a lot on this subject, so I had a bunch of links and sources at my fingertips. It seems to me that posting as someone who has read a lot on this issue, and who can cite sources, is a much greater net contribution to the discussion than otherwise.
And yeah, I understand that my particular account has an ideological bent to it. I wish one account could fully represent who I am. But I am a active HN member with a long history of posts on all sorts of issues. But for obvious reasons, in cases where I believe the truth is highly politically incorrect, I have to post on a different account. I do try to respect the spirit of the guidelines, but I am not sure what I should do differently going forward.
- puredemo 11y agoI wouldn't read too much into it... dang is basically a professional tone policer. An extremely biased one at that, he doesn't like "ideological speech" but only when it's politically incorrect. Idealistic gibberish is completely fine. If unpleasant truths contradict dang's personal sense of propriety, he'll use a couple ten cent words to justify removing your comment before he pats himself on the back for doing so. Ironic, as PG himself has written how much he dislikes tone policing, [1] however YC is not really about honest discussion anymore. More accurately it's social signaling for upper crust programmers and potential fundees, that's the moderation style he tries to enforce. [1] http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html see DH2