One of the things I actually worry about are the "attractive nuisance" threads about things like politics and economics that are actually pretty interesting, or can be, but often end up being fairly divisive and distracting. This, for instance:
So far it's civil... But they're the kinds of things that end up drawing people into often lengthly, fruitless debates - they end up being philosophical differences that might be ok to discuss over a bottle of wine, but often end up badly on the internet...
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=121137
So far it's civil... But they're the kinds of things that end up drawing people into often lengthly, fruitless debates - they end up being philosophical differences that might be ok to discuss over a bottle of wine, but often end up badly on the internet...