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I feel like we're around a "golden age" of HN and dread the day when it all starts going downhill.

• geerlingguy 7y ago
  To be fair, I remember people posting this same thing in 2008... 2010... 2014... etc. So far it HN seems to be able to buck the trend, likely due to its simplicity, the great moderation team, and the community. It's not without fault but it's better than most.
  • IanSanders 7y ago
    All it takes is an influx of aggressive users. "community feel" is a delicate thing.
  • jedberg 7y ago
    I think three things keep HN great. One is the moderation team. I don’t always agree with their decisions, but they are definitely on top of things and do what they think is best for the content. Two is the comment sort algorithm. It’s far superior to Reddit, which I think is far superior to any other platform. On HN, if you make a comment on a post that’s a few hours old, your comment will still be seen. It will be at the top for at least a few minutes. On reddit it’ll just be buried. And third, the lack of profit motive. Every decision they make is in the name of improved content. They have no concern for driving traffic.
• axaxs 7y ago
  Not to be rude, but your account is just from last year? If you're like me you've been lurking for longer than the account shows, but if not, HN has been pretty solid. I think it's gone -slightly- downhill, but that could just be my mind changing with age. The moderation here seems really fair, and the community as a whole is still really solid. I wouldn't worry about it.
• dang 7y ago
  We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22051358 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22051358. Just so as not to detract attention from the OP.