Was this decision made top-down or in response to the desire of the community?
As someone who values the contributors to HN and appreciates the diverse set of opinions, perspectives and critical thinking I find here, which are all handled 99% of the time with decent respectfulness as far as I can tell, I find this effort kind of sad.
Hopefully we learn something good from this, but not sure what that could be, how to decide if it's good, or if it will be worth the effort.
As someone who values the contributors to HN and appreciates the diverse set of opinions, perspectives and critical thinking I find here, which are all handled 99% of the time with decent respectfulness as far as I can tell, I find this effort kind of sad.
Hopefully we learn something good from this, but not sure what that could be, how to decide if it's good, or if it will be worth the effort.