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by TeMPOraL
3645 days ago
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I don't think it misconstrues the situation much. To follow your comparison - sure, we don't say software developers are all toxic[0]. But we like to complain that almost all software is shit. There are gems of almost perfect beauty and usability, and we love them, but there are so few of those. Here on HN we sometimes like to discuss dynamics of what makes most of software shit - and we often find similar sort of economic pressures to those mass media faces. The thing is, we put extra care in the software that directly affects lives of people. For anything else, we rarely bother. So if the institution of media is so important to democracy, maybe we should put some extra care here too. (Though I don't know how to do that.) [0] - also note, that I didn't say "all journalists are toxic"; however, the products of the institutions they form are a different story. |
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People like to use hyperbole, but IME I've never met someone who thought all software was bad or equally bad. There is a very wide range of quality.