I find there can be significant cargo culting [0] on HN too when any of these topics hit the front page: OpenAI / ChatGPT / LLMs; Zoom; E2EE; regulation / policy; crypto currency / NFTs [1] etc.
That said, I’m kind of glad to hear that Reddit is worse, as it puts the situation here on HN into some wider perspective (it’s not that bad here).
[0]: meant in the form of: closed minded absolutism without full contextual appreciation or understanding of the domain (what you seem to be describing as happening on Reddit)
[1]: less so these days, I wonder if that has something do with the current AI hype cycle cough opportunistic bandwagon jumping cough o_o
That said, I’m kind of glad to hear that Reddit is worse, as it puts the situation here on HN into some wider perspective (it’s not that bad here).
[0]: meant in the form of: closed minded absolutism without full contextual appreciation or understanding of the domain (what you seem to be describing as happening on Reddit)
[1]: less so these days, I wonder if that has something do with the current AI hype cycle cough opportunistic bandwagon jumping cough o_o