> The entire Internet now is a giant confirmation bias machine

Then why does it seem that millennials share more opinions worldwide than any prior generation?

Also, doesn’t anyone find it odd that we’re commenting on a post about stopping commenting, without addressing that?

> Then why does it seem that millennials share more opinions worldwide than any prior generation?

That seems sort of tangential to me.

> Also, doesn’t anyone find it odd that we’re commenting on a post about stopping commenting, without addressing that?

Not at all. I used to comment in a variety of different places across the Internet: discussion forums, image boards, random blogs, Reddit, Digg, etc. The vast majority of places I used to comment have deteriorated significantly or are simply significantly less amenable to actual discourse than they used to be.

Hacker News is weird because it feels like an exception. Not the only exception remaining, perhaps not even the best depending on your tastes, but certainly one of them.

>Then why does it seem that millennials share more opinions worldwide than any prior generation

Do you mean "share" as in they're in agreement with each other more often, or share as in they post their opinions online more? I assumed the former initially, but as I read other replies I started to question it.

> why does it seem that millennials share more opinions worldwide than any prior generation?

Not to doubt you, but is this actually the case?