After I saw yesterday’s thread about politics in science was flooded with new sockpuppet accounts named after slurs spreading filth and downing everything they don’t agree with I no longer expect anything meaningful from comments here.
HN only works when you have a working assumption that people commenting here are smarter than you. It encourages respect and good faith engagement of content, instead of ad hom, concern trolling, and cargo culting.
It's been years since I've had that mindset when entering any thread above a certain number of comments.
