I appreciate this comment creating somewhere for people to discuss flagging. In my ideal HN you wouldn't be down voted but there would be a rigorous comment thread underneath it.
Tbh I do not know but I'm sick and tired of seeing these threads devolve in the most cringe way possible. Tech already has a bad reputation in this respect and HN really isn't helping. And reading some of the comments in this thread that assessment was spot on.
> Tech already has a bad reputation in this respect and HN really isn't helping.
You are part of HN, now is your chance at helping.
Discussion means that you will see opinions that are plainly wrong. That's a good place to argue and present better opinions. If you don't present better opinions, no one will be convinced. If you don't voice your opinions, you might not known that they are wrong or harmful. I've voiced a lot of opinions on HN, which after correcting by others, helped me become a slightly better human.
> I would happily bet that I've done more to help HN and its denizens than you have.
I would agree, I sometimes browse your comment history for insightful comments. But it was a suggestion that you can help out some more on this specific topic.
> Besides, after 18 years here some things have become a little predictable.
Maybe that's why "the problem" is not corrected yet, because it's harder to make money on strong independent men who do everything themselves... Otherwise someone would already make an LLM to help men.
