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HN has, since the 2016 Presidential election, become a dumping ground for low-quality pieces from various popular media outlets (you know the ones I'm talking a

HN has, since the 2016 Presidential election, become a dumping ground for low-quality pieces from various popular media outlets (you know the ones I'm talking about), as well as all kinds of generally-interesting-but-not-related-to-tech-in-any-way stories. My guess is that since the very idea of a "startup" has waned in recent years, the readership has shifted from a technical one to a political one. There isn't much any one of us can do to correct this. The people who want this kind of content apparently now outnumber folks like us who wish that content would stay on Reddit.

dang 8y ago
People have been saying that for a long time now: 2008: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=278434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=278434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=348994 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=348994 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=243561 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=243561 2010: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1934367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1934367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1542380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1542380 2013: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6157485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6157485 There has always been a mix of general-interest and technical articles on HN, and a certain portion of politics. I wrote more about this if anyone wants more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18511923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18511923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869