I hadn’t thought of this, but yes, it very much makes me feel connected to everyone who reads regularly (and interestingly I feel differently about the posts an

I hadn’t thought of this, but yes, it very much makes me feel connected to everyone who reads regularly (and interestingly I feel differently about the posts and people who read HN on the weekends too). It’s probably as important as the strict adherence to the rules of the forum that keeps it fresh and generally positive. I feel very fortunate that this place hasn’t succumbed to the noise and negativity that most places I’ve haunted on the internet have in the previous decades.