I remember when usenet was awesome. I remember asking Raymond Chen questions about programming Windows and he would engage in conversation. I remember reading p

I remember when usenet was awesome. I remember asking Raymond Chen questions about programming Windows and he would engage in conversation. I remember reading posts from C++ guys like Pete Becker and others who were incredibly knowledgable. I can't remember names, but people from Bell Labs would post and I learned so much from reading their discussions. But that is gone and dead. As a replacement, I have read HN for years and use this account occasionally to post, but lately have become quite disappointed. It isn't about snarky or mean comments, it is the shear number of comments that are just juvenile. This question could have some interesting perspectives and conversation, but is written in such a poor and, for lack of better work, stupid manner that is just lowers the standard of this site. I know nobody cares if I am here or not, but I just want to point out that I have been fortunate to be part of a large number of intellectual communities over the years and if HN wants to be considered one, they need to do some work because they are headed in the wrong direction.