Indeed. I also thought: "wasn't it always like this?". I understand newcomers tend to be naturally more active. But I also agree that the more subscribers HN ha

Indeed. I also thought: "wasn't it always like this?". I understand newcomers tend to be naturally more active. But I also agree that the more subscribers HN has, more is the probability of its quality going low... Maybe a graph with the average of downvotes per articles over time could help.