"toxic"? I don't think HN is more toxic than anywhere else on the net. Less so even. People may share a thought that is poorly considered, and, if another person takes objection, get called out for it. And most remonstrations are at the civil level--polite with an explanation of the objection.
That said, consuming the news and social media at this time does raise my hackles. Rage inducing, even. "God" help us all.
I skim EVERYTHING. And in light of this, anything fishy is easy for me to just ignore.
HN has strong moderation. I only use two sites daily, both of which are heavily moderated. If something is really offensive, I trust the mods to deal with it appropriately.
I don't know if it is. I just know people down vote you if they disagree with you without trying to explain why you're wrong or shouldn't have said what you said.
Lots of people of a certain ideological persuasion view it as their religious mission to invade spaces--all spaces--and force their ideological perspectives on everyone. To be sure, they're a very, very vocal minority, but you know what they say: "misery loves company."
"toxic"? I don't think HN is more toxic than anywhere else on the net. Less so even. People may share a thought that is poorly considered, and, if another person takes objection, get called out for it. And most remonstrations are at the civil level--polite with an explanation of the objection.
That said, consuming the news and social media at this time does raise my hackles. Rage inducing, even. "God" help us all.
Your post is toxic in itself.
"similar to" and "pushing to" are weasel words.
I skim EVERYTHING. And in light of this, anything fishy is easy for me to just ignore.
HN has strong moderation. I only use two sites daily, both of which are heavily moderated. If something is really offensive, I trust the mods to deal with it appropriately.
What's the other site?
Political. Don't want to start a flame war here. Let's just say that it's a bit better, IMO, at ousting trolls.
Did I just start a flame war? Sorry. :-)
moderation acts only on bad worded posts, but not the meaning of them
I don't know if it is. I just know people down vote you if they disagree with you without trying to explain why you're wrong or shouldn't have said what you said.
But that has always been the case.
That's normal, but I'm referring to toxic behaviour like insults and extreme views.
For example, why is this comment getting down voted? Lol.
Lots of people of a certain ideological persuasion view it as their religious mission to invade spaces--all spaces--and force their ideological perspectives on everyone. To be sure, they're a very, very vocal minority, but you know what they say: "misery loves company."
I share your observations.