Ask HN: Has the HN Community changed for the worse?
Increasingly I have felt a hesitation to post my thoughts on HN as it seems that more often now than in the past my comments are down-voted because of a disagreement with my opinion rather than a reflection on the quality or "rudeness" of my comment's content. Sometimes I can be rude, and down-votes are not unexpected in those cases of course. Some possible reasons for this are: 1. I've become more sensitive. 2. The quality of my comments have gone down. 3. More people are using the down-vote privilege to express simple disagreement. Of course, this is not a complete list. #1 is unlikely, I am doubtful that my personality has changed much over 3 years. #2 is possible, as I get more comfortable on HN I am more likely to post poorly thought out or emotional comments. My theory behind how #3 could be the reason is that the type of user that is gaining the down-vote privi
Why it failed
Increasingly I have felt a hesitation to post my thoughts on HN as it seems that more often now than in the past my comments are down-voted because of a disagreement with my opinion rather than a reflection on the quality or "rudeness" of my comment's content. Some
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- wuliwong
- Ended
- 2015
- Source
- hackernews