I see the potshots, but it's mostly confined to threads spawned from potshot bait. I think the issue is that the potshot bait is starting to overwhelm the firs

I see the potshots, but it's mostly confined to threads spawned from potshot bait. I think the issue is that the potshot bait is starting to overwhelm the first few pages like a lazy bacteria. And we just ran out of antibiotics. I know I've been reading HN a lot less over the last several months. It might not be reflective of any real reality, but an idea can turn real if enough people start to believe it.