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This has become a huge problem on HN lately. Lots of discussions are nothing but complaining. Now the technical discussions are starting to get infested with of

• pedroaraujo 6y ago
  Absolutely, there has been a dramatic shift in the type of people who visit HN in the past years. I used to think that Reddit was bad in this regard but to be honest it mostly affects the big subreddits, the niche and small ones still have a high quality community. HN became pretty much like the biggest subs on Reddit.
  • chishaku 6y ago
    Back in my day... This comment thread is in its own category of low quality discussion. Negativity bias prevents you from seeing that 95% of the homepage right now is technical/nerdy with a lot of high quality corresponding discussion. When political/social issues hit the homepage, they often slide off quickly if the corresponding discussion is of low quality (has many downvoted comments). HN is certainly not perfect but just focusing on the parts you don't like prevents you from seeing the bigger picture.
• adventured 6y ago
  > The mods don't do anything about off-topic rants. Mod. There is a question of how much one moderator can do against the tide. HN really needs a couple of full time paid moderators, with their salaries covered by the zillion dollar YC bank account.
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