Or we can just exercise a bit of patience, wait no more than a day for the Erlang craze to subside, and stop putting so much worry into gauging whether HN is on

Or we can just exercise a bit of patience, wait no more than a day for the Erlang craze to subside, and stop putting so much worry into gauging whether HN is on the brink of destruction. Also consider that in these waves of 'new users,' many might actually be looking for intelligent discussion. The idiots will get bored eventually.