[Swizec]

> HN is a pretty toxic place indeed

This may be a personal style difference, but I find HN to be the least toxic of all social media I’ve tried. LinkedIn would be my example of ultra toxicity – the aggressive positivity there is unbearable. At least on HN people tell you what they think and even use a constructive decently argumented approach to doing so.

HN to me feels like a good technical discussion where people tear apart ideas instead of each other.

But yeah if you put a lot of ego into your ideas, HN must be an awful place to visit.

[rossant]

I agree, HN is much less toxic than about any other place on the internet.