No. I prefer HN to be about the content, not its hominem. If country/etc is relevant for discussion it can be voluntarily mentioned.
No. I prefer HN to be about the content, not its hominem. If country/etc is relevant for discussion it can be voluntarily mentioned.
> I prefer HN to be about the content, not its hominem.
Green accounts come to mind :^)
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If you're looking to Hacker News comments for political insight like you hint at, you're expectations of the site are misaligned with what it's been established to be and what it's guidelines aim for. Seemingly, it's the same kind of misalignment that makes people loudly complain when political threads get flagged and killed.
This site is specifically a salon where a bunch of pseudonymous "too smart" nerds opine about topics that stimulate their curiosity, following guidelines on best-intent and good-faith that are essentially debate rules. Sometimes, amidst those discussions, you'll witness seemingly personal anecdotes or seemingly insider insights, which you should always be taking as a grain of salt, used only to drive (or repel) your own curiosity and desire for more discussion and debate.
It's not a great place for earnest politics, activism, or anything so serious and existential. And because it doesn't aim to be, it doesn't beg for disclosures like location. As long as you can "talk the talk" here, and follow the guidelines, you're welcome to participate in the discussion how you'd like, without being measured by your person, its history, or its geography. Its great to have a place like that online.
Someone should create a Hacker news for politics. Moderation would be hell though.
I've thought about making a forum where people can comment on threads from Reddit, HN, 4chan, etc... but I would have to reverse the moderation meaning a post is not visible until it has been reviewed and editing it would put it back into review state and nobody would like that.
The reason would be to have long running discussions which is the opposite of HN. Events evolve and so do discussions and details around them. Short lived threads also make it easier to memory-hole a topic.
Do you think the account origin country cannot be faked?
>I understand your point, but sometimes the voluntary details are lies.
So?
Hacker News isn't a court of law, we're not under oath, nor are we here to adjudicate truth. People can lie here, and many probably do about numerous things.
Besides, the guidelines say you're always supposed to assume good faith anyway.
> I prefer HN to be about the content, not its hominem
In some sense, the hominem is in the eye of the beholder. The vast majority of people on HN are smart enough to use the information for its useful purpose and not use it for attacking other authors based on whereabouts, doing so will only damage the offender's standing here.
> If country/etc is relevant for discussion it can be voluntarily mentioned.
This misses the important case of relevant location info that the author fails to mention, and I'm pretty sure these will be the majority of cases.
People in different countries have different perspectives and knowing where the authors are located can help to understand their reasoning.
Bot farms in cheap countries are another problem that can be reduced by location info, those who absolutely must have their location hidden can use VPNs.
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