Comment by Supermancho
5 hours ago
> HN has truly become one of the most toxically stupid places on the web
Stupid and uninformed are different things. The constant stream of personal attacks and handwaving about abstract difficulty is not compelling.
Sure, but when you have people claiming Newton was overrated and everything invented was just easy, I think the term "stupid" does apply.
It could also be a case that there are malicious actors (human or bots) trolling and seeking to destroy conversations (and HN), rather than stupidity.
Someone raised the idea of flagging new accounts. That would make it easier to simply ignore them.