Have you read this thread that is currently pinned to the top of the page [0]?
I'm a one-time conservative who moved to the center after Trump. I live in a deep red state but work remotely with an extremely left-wing company (the kind that regularly has deep discussions of identity politics during work hours). I like to think I have a pretty good idea of what each extreme looks like and every shade in between, and HN has by far the most balanced political discussions I've ever seen in any forum in-person or online.
Part of my evidence in favor of that claim is that people on each extreme both perceive HN to be biased in the opposite direction.
True, it one of the rare place where there is intelligent discussion that pop from time to time.
I find that the left mob is still very present and ready to shut down fast.
As it's a place of early adopters and visionary what we see here usualy get reflected back in other places one to many years later.
I see a shift toward conservatives values is happening here too that might then progress toward other places reddit, wikipedia, mass media, etc.
Both vision have their places and are necessary. The world is changing crazy fast so we need the progressives to adapt at the same time changing everything is destructive so we need to also save and cherish what work and has for a long time.
As long as the conversation is open there is hope.
I'm a one-time conservative who moved to the center after Trump. I live in a deep red state but work remotely with an extremely left-wing company (the kind that regularly has deep discussions of identity politics during work hours). I like to think I have a pretty good idea of what each extreme looks like and every shade in between, and HN has by far the most balanced political discussions I've ever seen in any forum in-person or online.
Part of my evidence in favor of that claim is that people on each extreme both perceive HN to be biased in the opposite direction.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40051728