I am considering it. I already removed this site from my bookmark bar and landing page. If I had to list my top three reasons:<p>HN has the &quot;anything that&#x27;s interesting&quot; policy, which means I see a lot of stuff that only serves to distract me. I waste too much time reading newsy posts here or I catch myself following clickbait titles. I want to stay on top of the latest tech and that&#x27;s all really. I&#x27;ve started using reddit more these days. Following subreddits gives me links that are more focused.<p>Two, I find it far too easy to be downvoted into oblivion here. I frequently type up a post, just to close the window before I hit reply. I know I&#x27;m just going to get downvoted&#x2F;hidden&#x2F;deleted for having a point of view that is from somewhere outside the primary demographic here. I then realize I&#x27;ve wasted my time and additionally I feel ostracized as well.<p>And the third.. this may seem kinda silly to most here.. is the name: Hacker News. Completely innocuous to computer programmers, but if &quot;normals&quot; see someone browsing a site named Hacker anything, it raises eyebrows. I was recently blocked from visiting this site in a foreign country, and I really can&#x27;t describe the sort of sinking feeling I had when that happened. I suddenly realized where I was. My inner monologue went something like: &quot;So now I&#x27;m going to be dragged to some foreign dungeon, for visiting a site that doesn&#x27;t really care for my voice, to read articles that just distract me from focusing on my true interests. Why am I so stupid?&quot;<p>Yeah, I&#x27;m calm now that I&#x27;m back home, but I&#x27;ll sorta worry when I have to go back there again.<p>(I very nearly closed the window again. Hitting reply this time. You should hear the truth occasionally. Even if it&#x27;s only a fleeting glimpse before I am deleted.)