I don't think it has specifically changed. The price and stacks are the same. Back then, we'd hang out on sites like Paradox Games subforums. There would be the

I don't think it has specifically changed. The price and stacks are the same. Back then, we'd hang out on sites like Paradox Games subforums. There would be the "upper boards" to discuss the actual company stuff and "lower boards" as its own community. HN is a similar model, but I feel like they made the mistake of merging the communities. So you have the group that is startup based, the YC backed group that uses it for hiring, the people launching stuff, and the people who just want tech news but hate all the startup stuff. But reddit is free, comes with moderation tools, and everyone has a reddit account. So it has become the default forum. People start at reddit and move elsewhere, never vice versa.