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HN has had a huge influx in users since December, probably a result of the Twitter ownership transition and the Reddit blackout. I tend to agree that a lot of t

HN has had a huge influx in users since December, probably a result of the Twitter ownership transition and the Reddit blackout. I tend to agree that a lot of the worse elements of those posting cultures are starting to leak through here and HN is starting to feel more like a generic tech subreddit but I'm not sure whether that'll be sustained or not.

Noumenon72 3y ago
How are you tracking the number of HN users over time?
- Karrot_Kream 3y ago
  https://hackernews-insight.vercel.app/user-analysis https://hackernews-insight.vercel.app/user-analysis
  - xp84 3y ago
    Whoa. What happened in December?
    - Noumenon72 3y ago
      Apparently something that quadrupled "How many text stories created per month?" but left all the other overview metrics unchanged.
  - lostmsu 3y ago
    Why do numbers in most voted and most stories look identical?