Comment by alephnerd
6 days ago
No one who matters uses HN or cares about HN. The handful of us on HN who are in or near a position to affect change are basically here due to habit or $#itposting until we get banned.
So they are right in that sense - commenting on HN is cathartic but ultimately useless.
And the people who matter and are against this also don't use HN because they view this platform as toxic and reactionary.
There are software engineers who directly work for the platforms lobbying for this whom post here.
ICs don't matter. I can fire one and hire 5, and increasingly, the demographics on HN don't align with those who work in those organizations.
HN is basically slashdot now.
> and increasingly, the demographics on HN don't align with those who work in those organizations.
People have been worried about that on HN for years, but I still see the same culture. There do seem to be more bots and astroturfing, but that's a systemic issue with all social media platforms today.
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