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If what you say is true, I assume the main drivers would be an increase in users (possibly fleeing from Reddit which has well and truly turned into a cesspit) a

If what you say is true, I assume the main drivers would be an increase in users (possibly fleeing from Reddit which has well and truly turned into a cesspit) and the general polarisation of politics in the developed world. It is worth bearing in mind that everything always seems like it was "better in my day". I'm not here that long myself (maybe I'm the problem!) but going back four or five years, HN was kind of known in some online circles for its poor takes on certain subjects.

dang 4y ago
> everything always seems like it was "better in my day" Yes, there's no question that this is a major force and you have to try to control for it if you want a hope of perceiving things objectively. (How? I have no idea.) I sometimes call it nostalgia bias [1]. Things have always been getting worse [2]. It's the same reason why most people think that music was better during whatever period they were first bonding with music. [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20nostalgia%20bias&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20things%20always%20%22getting%20worse%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...