A Guide To Hacker News For People Who Aren’t Men (2018)
I am always a bit surprised how often people call hacker news toxic. Has that word changed or am I just to old and jaded?
I mean, sure, it&#x27;s opinionated, it&#x27;s got quite a few blind spots, it&#x27;s a bit rough around the edges sometime. But the only comments I would really call toxic are already dead
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Now, I am not saying hacker news could not be nicer, but many people here seem to at least try to make reasonable arguments and I have yet to see it devolve into shouting matches like so many other places on the Internet. Maybe I just read to many Forums back in the day, but Hacker News by and large seems civil enough to me.<p>This is of course enforced through the only thin sheer of community, where you really have to look out for peoples usernames to get even an idea of who you are talking to. 
While probably beneficial in this regard, I often wish there were some sort of avatars or other features to more easily recognize people from thread to thread.<p>[0] Though it is interesting, that among the dead comments is nearly always one that just seems harmless and often even a valid argument. So turning dead comments to display seems kind of important to not miss those. I wonder what is up with that?