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by dang 3688 days ago
> you really don't think there's a trend on HN

It's really hard to assess that objectively because the cognitive biases affecting such perceptions are so strong. Certainly we don't want HN to be that way and try to nudge it in more fruitful directions. But the way to fight an undesirable pattern on HN is not with another undesirable pattern.

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I'll defer to you on identifying undesirable patterns from now on, sorry.