Just laughing quietly to myself at the thought there is someone out there who believes they are not already there.
Insightful.-
'member when HN wasn't attracting technically illiterate people?
I think that has been over since marketers got involved. Remember raw water trending? That is paying for the privilege of drinking non-potable water.
Not a good barometer.
FWIW some of the most crazy, hyperbolic stuff comes from the oldest accounts. Maybe they've gone senile.
My pocket theory is that tech advanced so much that more people reverted to the natural state of magical thinking. Yandex bots living in small electronic boxes = evil spirits living in old tree trunks or ugly rocks. Both can lead honest people astray and do sinful things
A nice touch of ageism there, so techy...you should talk to Donald Knuth...
I once got into a "debate" with WalterBright and I mean, I dunno. The man's accomplished far more than me, but like.
He already invited the Israeli bots onto Twitter and they're everywhere. This is also why they removed the ability to see who likes a post. All propaganda approved by Musk handlers is highly inflated. Also why blue checks are the only tweets you see for like the first 100 replies to everything.