alt Hacker NewsWhat I was aiming for was to point out the oddity of dang selecting the one odd ball thread to tell everyone to play nice, in what is otherwise a site that is daily filled with AI doomer posts, as per the opening comment of this thread to which I responded. And I did mention that I found it amusing - because I doubt either of you are actually shilling for CCP. This wasn't even the main point of what I was after.
That neither of you are at the very least bothering to steer the greater discourse towards some higher ground is a lack of balance that I am highlighting.
To remark my comment as off topic in the context of the thread opener is to dismiss what I am saying using a very lazy tactic that I've seen used countless times before. No, it is not off topic. It is very much on topic and relevant.
And if you have a problem with my comment, feel free to email me.
We’re posting mod comments to uphold the guidelines every day in threads about all kinds of topics, which anyone can see by looking at our comment feeds. There are posts about AI all the time here because it’s the biggest topic in technology and even the world right now. Some topics/discussions are negative and many are very positive, reflecting the broader discourse. We’re curating the content all the time to provide a good balance of topics and perspectives. By statistical trends and what we observe in the quality of the best posts and discussions, HN is the healthiest it’s been in years.
But one of your central complaints was about the guidelines, which have been constant for nearly two decades, so we’re just not having a serious conversation here. We’re always looking for signs that indicate if and how we can be doing better, but this interaction has nothing to grab onto.