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> fewer joke/one-liner comments at the top One of us is misremembering the old HN. I remember joke/one-liner comments were a real rarity on HN. I might be wron
by user24 15y ago
> fewer joke/one-liner comments at the top
One of us is misremembering the old HN. I remember joke/one-liner comments were a real rarity on HN. I might be wrong though.
- jokermatt999 15y agoI'm only a 2 year user, so I can't speak for old old HN, but I meant HN in the months before the change.
- user24 15y ago> I meant HN in the months before the change me too, I'm about the same age-user as you.
- andywood 15y agoI started reading HN about 2 years ago. Jokes and "Internet snark" were extremely rare, if I ever saw them at all. To me, that was the single greatest thing about HN - much more important even than the articles. Subjectively, I've noticed a gradual decline in comment quality starting about a year ago, and a much more drastic, rapid decline into a more Reddit-like culture going back only about 4-5 months.