> including a comment by pg, the site founder, that the quality of comments on Hacker News has declined. What can I do about that? That's just part of having

> including a comment by pg, the site founder, that the quality of comments on Hacker News has declined. What can I do about that? That's just part of having a bigger community. It always becomes more general over time as it grows. You can't usually get around this as it's a natural part of the lifecycle of a forum/group/site. Site fail when they refuse to recognize this and start mucking around trying to revive the past glory.