@drewdevault it's a mixed bag of technologists. Depending on the moment and the story, different factions will feel emboldened and out in force. It was incredibly sycophantic of musk until he took over Twitter, and then all of a sudden, criticism of him could be seen and tolerated. Now it's a split. I'd say it's a battleground.
@drewdevault That poll is meaningless since what's considered a political bias is determined by your own political views (ie. "my opinion is neutral since it's obviously correct, others are biased") and will thus just reflect the bias of your audience.
@drewdevault It is such a weird space. Some of my highest rated comments have been pro-Trades Union, and it's regularly full of people decrying tech monopolies etc.
And then, on some stories, it completely shits the bed.
@Edent@drewdevault There certainly are progressive, leftist voices on there, but I think in general it's like a libertarian cookie with a good dose of right-wing nuts.
@drewdevault it's a bunch of different people with sometimes very different views, I don't think attributing an overall political stance to it is meaningful.
@drewdevault And I'd add that a lot of HN's "politically neutral" is of the flavor where people with privilege not only ignore politics because it doesn't matter to them but actively suppress "political" discussions. Yielding in effect a strong status-quo, pro-privilege bias.
@drewdevault i found it depends, among other things, on the time of day. HN has a bunch of progressives on there, but they seem very tired for the most part. I have about a 2 in 3 chance of getting [flagged] [dead] on any post that either mentions i'm trans for useful context or is noticeably left leaning, whereas I see rational skeptic:tm: right leaning centrism ("US centrism") takes be assumed to be the default and correct take all the time.
@drewdevault I specifically don't have comments on my blog, but instead have links to my Mastodon profile and Codeberg account, from where you can easily find my email. I'm happy to discuss anything I've ever written about in those places. Posting links to my blog on HN feels like an end run around my intentions for how I wish to engage with readers. I very much wish it would go away.
@drewdevault Missing the option of “don’t read, don’t have much of an opinion since I don’t care to read it, but I am vaguely aware of the reputation”.
@drewdevault If I see a blog post I like (in my RSS reader or here) I'll very rarely look for hackernews threads on it using discu.eu because I'm a masochist
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