If you go against the grain of HN on Elon Musk, Tesla, India or the US (and many other topics) then your comment, like this one, is tanking. Which also shows as many regulars from 5 years ago have left, I seldom see someones comments I recognize.
So I do object your argument.
Comments are good to get some opinions on a topic if you dont know about the topic of the linked post. I still read topics therefor.
I was not around for the early days of HN, and I recognize certain posters by their usernames. Here's a few off the top of my head (I am able to give a short description of each, but that's more work than I want to put into this comment). Also note I may misspell since this is from memory: Bytecode-dev, DoreenMichelle, ChrisMarshallNyc, Arathorn. This tends to happen when the person focuses on one topic in their posts, like bytecode-dev and python (and I hope at some point, myself and funding FLOSS, but maybe I comment too widely for that). There's more people; the point is not necessarily that I can regurgitate their names, but that I'd recognize them if I saw them (for example, I'm blanking right now on Drew from SourceHut's username, but I'd absolutely recognize it on sight.
Every now and again I wonder whether something like "reddit enhancement suite" would be useful for HN. It probably already exists. The ability to tag usernames with your personal opinion of them and reminders of their place in the community.
I recommend validating your perceived bias. Look through the archive for posts about Elon for example. You'll find people arguing HN is biased both ways. It's even more common for articles about Apple. (And it's quite funny to find in different comments on the same story)
The true comment "This is not contradicting what I have said." making an argument to a comment about discussions is voted down. What more do I need to say?
> If you go against the grain of HN on Elon Musk, Tesla, India or the US (and many other topics)
I'm not even sure which direction the grain is on India. I've even seen Indians arguing vigourously among themselves on this, which is not surprising given how contentious Indian politics is.
If you go against the grain of HN on Elon Musk, Tesla, India or the US (and many other topics) then your comment, like this one, is tanking. Which also shows as many regulars from 5 years ago have left, I seldom see someones comments I recognize.
So I do object your argument.
Comments are good to get some opinions on a topic if you dont know about the topic of the linked post. I still read topics therefor.