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I find it interesting that people now ask for an opinion about what opinion to have about someone's else opinion.

I think this adds to the article.

Well, it can be a good idea to ask others to assess something you don't know enough about, if you trust them. Hacker News is at least more trustworthy than most other online platforms.

There's nothing more inherently 'trustworthy' in HN than there is in Fark. What there is, is a downvote button and an understanding that, if someone says something 'unpopular to the community', the community will deal with them.

This definitely speaks to the subject of the article and is very telling in and of itself: most online communities are comfort-communities. This seems to be bleeding into offline life at a rather rapid clip ..

Cute, I like it. But if you live outside the USA, then it is fair to ask these questions.

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