I used to invest a lot of time in HN precisely because it wasn't at all like the rest of the internet. I'm not sure using the internet as a measure of quality

I used to invest a lot of time in HN precisely because it wasn't at all like the rest of the internet. I'm not sure using the internet as a measure of quality is a wise choice. (Although one could argue that targeted spam is inevitable when a community grows beyond n users, regardless of the quality of the community.)