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> The fact I even see responses like this shows me that HN is not the place it used to be, or at the very least, it is on a down trend. Judging a large group o
by diggan 2y ago
> The fact I even see responses like this shows me that HN is not the place it used to be, or at the very least, it is on a down trend.
Judging a large group of people based on what a few write seems very un-scientific at best.
Especially when it comes to things that have been rehashed since I've joined HN (and probably earlier to). Feels like there will always be someone lamenting how HN isn't how it used to be, or how reddit influx ruined HN, or how HN isn't about startups/technical stuff/$whatever anymore.
- dannersy 2y agoA bunch of profanity laced name calling, derision, and even some blame directly at the user base. It feels like a Reddit shitpost. Your claim is as generalized and un-scientific as mine, but if it makes you feel better, I'll say it _feels_ like this wouldn't fly even a couple years ago.
- diggan 2y agoIt's just been said for so long that either HN always been on the decline, or people have always thought it been in decline... This comes to mind: > I don't think it's changed much. I think perceptions of the kind you're describing (HN is turning into reddit, comments are getting worse, etc.) are more a statement about the perceiver than about HN itself, which to me seems same-as-it-ever-was. I don't know, however. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40735225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40735225 You can also browse some results for how long dang have been responding to similar complaints to see for how long those complaints have been ongoing: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20hn%20turning%20into%20reddit&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- mejutoco 2y ago> Judging a large group of people based on what a few write seems very un-scientific at best. There is a voting mechanism on hn as well.