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Here's my idea for improving the quality on HN: Ban silly meta-discussions where people discuss how terrible HN has become and fantasize about what draconian m

• tptacek 16y ago
  There was a time, around a year ago, when meta-navel-gazing was really dragging the front page down, so I know what you mean. Unfortunately, the annoying meta-negativity that's driving this submission† is spilling over into comments from people like 'edw519 and 'iamelgringo†† in normal discussion threads. I can only assume this discussion is more productive than the one that happened on the "it's hard to travel into the USA" thread earlier this week. Did I miss a lot of meta-posts over the last few weeks, or am I right that this is one of the very few active meta-discussions we've had in a little while? † (which: for the record, I think this might be my second or third ever "Ask"-style post) †† (neither of whom are normally prone to meta-negativity)
  • mechanical_fish 16y ago
    I, too, feel like I haven't seen a meta-discussion in a long time. In a way, that's disturbing. You used to be able to set your clock by them.
    • tptacek 16y ago
      Well... don't take this the wrong way, but, 'jacquesm did take a break from HN.