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by kragen 1440 days ago
They're hypersensitive to suggestions that they might be wrong about something.
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Do you have context for this?
In previous discussions about the site/posts on the site on HN I remember the site owner getting very butthurt in threads over criticism. I don't have specific links however. Just anecdata.
You surprised? They serve (in the "about" page) one big page for everything, with everything (80% of it user comments, I noted nearby), and their motto is

«radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing our content»!

Well, when a guy is hypersensitive and defensive about being wrong about things, he tends to remain wrong about them.
Is this a whoosh situation where the low tech comes into play?
I don't know what you mean.