I also assumed the same, so I looked back in time. If you read some of the early HN posts, the quality, length, variety is the same as is now. (length seems lon

I also assumed the same, so I looked back in time. If you read some of the early HN posts, the quality, length, variety is the same as is now. (length seems longer now). There's even a bunch of "what did this site become" comments from way back too! I think it's we who change, we mature, grow older, more grumpy or less grumpy.