This is a theory that’s previously been stated in log/39-normie-hypothesis.gmi, but I think it’s worth expanding on as it’s become very relevant with the recent Reddit shit-show actualizing just how bad that website has gotten along with social media in general. I think the model demonstrate how the ’enshittification’ process is an inevitability with any social media that is run on a venture capital model. An online community can be like a village, where you have familiar faces, collective experiences, shared values and so forth.

Great writing on the current Reddit saga. The author put down in words a lot of things in my mind I couldn’t find the right words.

  •  Zigabyte   ( @Zigabyte@beehaw.org ) OPEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    In the context of Hacker News, disagreement is welcomed (in a way even encouraged) as long as it is constructional and argumentative.

    Again, depends on what the community accepts and wants. I agree politically sensitive topics are turmoil, but it doesn’t take much for a community to be accepting of different views.

    If the goal is to feed intellectual curiosity, another way of seeing things is always welcomed as long as it is written well