I'm not upset at all. I would also agree that in some ways, it has gotten better in the last year. I think that shortly after the switch to Hacker News, it was

I'm not upset at all. I would also agree that in some ways, it has gotten better in the last year. I think that shortly after the switch to Hacker News, it was a great mix of startup, programming, and general interest news, but I think that balance has teetered a bit towards general interest and meta-discussion. 1. Thanks, I appreciate the reassurance that I have been a decent member of the community. 2-7. The problem is that I don't use other link-aggregating or site-stumbling sites, and I don't have any RSS subscriptions. I'm just not that kind of Internet user. For me, Hacker News was my portal to all the things I'm interested in, but lately that has shifted too much for my tastes. If nearly 400 comments, over 400 votes on submissions, and countless reads through stories and entire comment threads are not enough for my complaints to carry weight, then I'm sorry. I don't believe that you and I are the same type of Hacker News user. 8. When I have some time to burn and I've perused the front page, I do visit the "New" page. 9. This wasn't intended to be a whining post, and if you would like to browse my old comments and point out where I have whined in the past, I will certainly consider my behavior. This submission was merely to attempt to gauge how some of the older users feel about the shift in purpose of Hacker News (what new user would vote it up?), and to see if there would be any point where others would consider leaving, as I plan to. No, I'm not really offended, so don't worry about it. And that was the main purpose of this submission: for others to share how they felt about what exactly would be the point where this site has changed too much. Either some changes are going to be made, or this site will follow the trajectory that so many other great discussion-based communities have followed.