In my experience, it is rare. HN is not a good representation of general population. And often, especially on HN, there is a vocal set of users that distort the

In my experience, it is rare. HN is not a good representation of general population. And often, especially on HN, there is a vocal set of users that distort the opinion. IMO, there is also a subset of users that will have an axe to grind, so they will always take the most negative take, etc. Also, this is my personal theory (not backed up by any data, etc.): I think there are a lot of products which get wayyy better with personalization. So, when people go all out and disable all history, obfuscate their location, and other personalization, it is not surprising that they get a non-optimal experience. Disclaimer: My opinions are my own, and not of my employer.