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I think once you've watched an online community for long enough, you start to see the Eternal September. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https:

• samtho 3y ago
  The tragedy here is usually that you don’t recognize you’re in one until it’s long sense past and you find yourself nostalgically remembering how it was and wondering why it changed so drastically and for the worst.
• 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
  Yes. I joined the site and I'm sure I was part of some else's Eternal September yet now I feel like the site is changing. My personal crackpot theory is that the site isn't helped by all of the manipulation, agitators, and other inauthentic users. Example: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=snake%20malware&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... It's also not a great time to be in the startup game, economically speaking.