I'm sure most people are as tired of this issue as it sounds the author is. I finished the article and couldn't help feeling some sense of dread. Knowing full well what should be the most controversial and opinionated comment will likely become the most upvoted. Again the author will have to re-evaluate if she wants to continue reading HN and if she decides to leave, our community bias will continue to grow. This is one of the toughest issues that our industry faces. Their doesn't seem to be a clear answer and because of that it seems to be shunned. There's just so much momentum to overcome behind the culture of our species, add on to the fact that we can really only agree that it's "broken" with lots of opinions on how to improve it.
I don't have an answer and I'm not even going to try to offer one because I honestly feel like I'm still far too entrenched in my own biases to really offer something viable. My only wish is that more people would realize the same and be less prone to slandering someone because they tried to help.
I am sorry it fills you with dread. I am actually extremely encouraged by my recent experiences on HN and pleasantly surprised to see this piece discussed in earnest. I hope that, over time, I will be able to blog about some things that have been helpful to me personally in hopes of getting some solutions in place. Since some people here are taking my premise seriously, that looks a great deal more do-able to me than it ever has before.
I don't have an answer and I'm not even going to try to offer one because I honestly feel like I'm still far too entrenched in my own biases to really offer something viable. My only wish is that more people would realize the same and be less prone to slandering someone because they tried to help.