We're something like 8 years beyond HN's Eternal September, and seem to be doing fine. Early on, this was a place for entrepreneurs to share actionable advice

We're something like 8 years beyond HN's Eternal September, and seem to be doing fine. Early on, this was a place for entrepreneurs to share actionable advice about building startups and software businesses. Over time, the developer-friendly nature and hostility-free discussion attracted refugees from Slashdot and Reddit. Over time, other people from those communities trickled across, and many of them were just average developer folk without any real interest in all this entrepreneuring. But there was the occasional Haskell story here that they could discuss, so they stuck around. Eventually, the less civil members of those now empty communities arrived, bringing their attitude and inclination to snark and pun threads with them. You'll notice them voted down by the grown-ups, but less frequently than before. Still, it's a generally good vibe, and nothing yet has emerged to take its place. But it's a little late to worry about the word getting out. This is now the most popular place on the internet to discuss tech.