ah, the monthly doom and gloom post. from my perspective, the issue is that HN is becoming more popular. popularity means more people trying to submit more co

ah, the monthly doom and gloom post. from my perspective, the issue is that HN is becoming more popular. popularity means more people trying to submit more content, and more people with wider interests. on the flip side of that coin, content strictly relevant to HN's interest isn't growing nearly as fast as HN itself is. the end result is that people are submitting things that stray further from HN's core, and there are more people willing to bump up those submissions. perhaps to help combat this, HN should take a cue from reddit and allow downvotes on submissions. but in HN style, implement a karma barrier. maybe something like 2500 or higher.