Comment on Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours agoHeads up, Hacker News is a social media site like here or reddit, it’s not a news outlet. It’s run by Y Combinator, a huge venture capital firm in the SF Bay area, and the users tend to be tech bros or aspiring ones. Many attach their user accounts to their github and professional identity. I think there’s only one admin and they tend to be heavy handed.
WesternInfidels@feddit.online 6 hours ago
The commentariat at HN was anti-DEI before anyone knew what “DEI” even was.
Garry Tan, tech [Y Combinator] CEO & campaign donor, wishes death upon San Francisco politicians
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Great callout!
I participate in the techtakes community on awful.systems, which is devoted to laughing at tech bro “takes”. HN posts and comments are almost too easy as targets for derision.
I was just trying to have a light touch here. Start with the facts. We can talk about the literal cults spun off from it later.
The site’s one of the clearest windows into the myriad and shockingly widespread ghoulish opinions that seem to fester in places that consider themselves important to the tech industry or attract people who think they are.
I really should start keeping a tally on shit like “how many times have I seen eugenics suggested on HN this month”.
WesternInfidels@feddit.online 5 hours ago
Jesus, that sounds awful.
Subscribed.