Like every other part of the internet where I spent any time, HN became more touchy and crabby around the start of the pandemic. The pandemic is not yet resolve

Like every other part of the internet where I spent any time, HN became more touchy and crabby around the start of the pandemic. The pandemic is not yet resolved. I imagine it remains more touchy than "normal" as a consequence, given that normal is a moving target and you never step in the same river twice, so to speak.