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Some speculations: one of the few places left with mostly civil discussion, no algorithms, plain text, no unnecessary user interface distractions, etc.
by jruohonen 3y ago
Some speculations: one of the few places left with mostly civil discussion, no algorithms, plain text, no unnecessary user interface distractions, etc.
- poly_morphis 3y agoBut why now and not a few years ago? The spike appears to have started at the beginning of this year which is most intriguing to me.
- jruohonen 3y agoNo idea. Might be due to the AI hype? Or worse: bots?
- mcgyver 3y agoI went hunting for stats of topic trends on HN as the whole AI thing has gone bananas. Looking at the "ChatGPT" keyword chart [1] the volume is crazy and seems to line up time wise. It is a correlation but not sure if it is the right one. [1] https://hackernews-insight.vercel.app/keyword-analysis https://hackernews-insight.vercel.app/keyword-analysis
- lmedinas 3y agoplus /r/programming is pretty much dead, i guess people moved here.