[pbateman]

I'm sick of it. Goodbye, Hacker News.

I know this is going to come across as unfriendly, but I'm always bemused when people make these little plays for attention. It's a massive site, you're not one of the notable commenters, if HN isn't delivering value why not just stop reading it quietly rather than announcing it to the world?

[kybernetikos]

You see it as a play for attention, I see it as an expression of disappointment in a community they otherwise like in the hope that that community will perform a little more introspection.

It seems somewhat dramatic to me too, but I also have found the comments on the stories around this issue somewhat disappointing. That was their way of communicating it, this comment is mine.

[MartinCron]

How dare someone try to improve the discourse in a community they care about!

[jd0]

Because human beings have a desire to express opinion and emotion?

Your attitude is the same as a lot of the socially inept that roam the valley and this message board. If This Isn't The Most Efficient Logical Course Of Action (according my perspective) Then It Bemuses Me.

[blazespin]

But what's wrong with expressing an opinion on someone else's action? You are the one that is socially inept. No, wait, you are just expressing your opinion on someone else expressing their opinion on someone else expressing themselves. Oh, chripes, what was I trying to say again?

[pbateman]

socially inept

Good to see we're staying classy. Next time you might like to work in a zinger about autism, neckbeards and/or fedora ownership.

[ZoF]

I've always been fond of an errant "plebian" myself.

[jd0]

You put those words in my mouth, buddy. To clarify, social ineptitude combined with a degree of self-assured narcissism, resulting in a total disregard for the opinions of other people which don't jive with the most "logical" worldview. It's possible to be socially introverted and still considerate to other people.

[MrScruff]

It's inconsiderate to other commenters to post a dramatic quit message, since it's effectively content free and massively generalising.

[mejari]

"You put those words in my mouth, buddy"

To be fair, just a few comments up you said

"I think you'll like this:" and then posted a link to a comic making fun of 'socially awkward', 'atheist', 'fedora wearers'.

[jd0]

I posted that after this convo occurred but I guess they were right, I hate fedoras!

[tomp]

Why?

[ZoF]

You don't think classifying the vast majority of this readership as victim-blaming sexists would qualify as slightly inconsiderate?

[vertex-four]

Not the readership - assuming similar statistics to reddit, the vast majority don't comment, so we can't know - but it's certainly reasonable to draw that conclusion about the commenters from the comments on majority of threads regarding social issues.

Of course, there's a feedback loop in that people won't comment where the majority seem to disagree heavily with their morals, so that doesn't help with what threads like these look like. The sheer amount of personal attacks against people who disagree with victim-blaming views of this in this thread serve as a warning not to speak up.

[cdash]

This is pretty accurate, I would not have commented at all in here until I read this and just wanted to back you up on this point.

I read these type of threads on HN constantly and every time I walk away absolutely disgusted with what I see said in them. I don't have the will to comment myself because it just would not change anyones opinion and they would instantly go into attack mode.

[jd0]

Naw I'd call it accurate.

[brazzy]

Which makes you a victim-blaming sexist.

[stoptalkingshit]

Like the considerate people who keep importing loser attitudes into computing, telling everyone else how to behave, etc.

[lutusp]

> Because human beings have a desire to express opinion and emotion?

Well, half of them, anyway.

[LockeWatts]

Which half?

[lutusp]

Without trying to start a debate, it's well-established that women talk about personal things more readily than men do, and at greater length, and express emotion more readily than men do. This real difference between men and women is often described as a character flaw in men by women, and in women by men (if that wasn't too hard to unravel).

[kansface]

Are you claiming this is universal across societies?