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by LionessLover 3658 days ago
> What blows my mind is how positive the HN crowd were about the acquisition of Tumblr at the time:

Self-selection bias. Those who post in a given topic are not always the same people.

What blows MY mind is how it is possible to wonder how in huge groups of people there can form sub-groups (through self-selection, in this case) who hold very different views. Yes, that happens. HN isn't a person.