> the mass social media is trending sharply towards being a 100% troll mill

I agree. It's one reason I still come to HN and it's one of the few places I bother to comment (and the only place with more than a few dozen users). The moderation and community culture against trolling makes it a generally positive experience. I do still need breaks sometimes, though, for a few months at a time.

I'd love an online community where everyone was having discussions only in good faith. Zero trolling. I can dream.

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9rx 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> I'd love an online community where everyone was having discussions only in good faith.

That's already readily available outside. The whole appeal of online 'communities' is that it is not that.

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rootusrootus 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The appeal of an online community is having members who participate in bad faith? That's an angle I hadn't expected.

	▲	9rx 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sure. Outside already satisfies good faith discussion. There is nothing gained in duplicating the exact same thing online. Use the right tool for the job, as they say. Online discussion is a compelling in its own right because you can stop being you and take on someone else's persona to try and discuss from their vantage point. This gives opportunity to understand another side of the story in an environment that provides the necessary feedback to validate that you actually understand another side. Too often people think they understand other angles, but one will also want validation, which online discussion provides. More often than not you'll realize that you actually didn't understand it at all, so it is a valuable exercise.