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There are some real gems & genuine insight to be found. But the comments still follow a Pareto distribution and there's a lot that is worth disdain[1], IMO.

Besides, I found it's better when I don't take HN too seriously; I now often enjoy HN the way I "enjoy" Curb Your Enthusiasm

1. Often as a top comment too! A lot of inaccurate, stripped-of-nuance or outright ignorant hot takes get voted up if they confirm the biases of the majority of HN users.

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Whatever you feelings may be, HN brings a breath of fresh air. Compared to other social media, its quite rare for commentary to devolve into nonsense.

Another possibility, you are bad at detecting nonsense

Possibly.

Though I generally would not catch nonsense about an 40-year old Microprocessor or some newfangled K8s setup.

So perhaps I should phrase the claim differently. The "quality" of nonsense on HN is remarkably better than other social sites.

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