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If HN were a popular result, the quality of this community would rapidly decline. Eternal September etc.

• rpedela 13y ago
  How? It is pretty clear that this website is only interesting to "hackers", and there are already a lot of people who visit the site. I think what makes HN different than Reddit or any other similar website is the rules on posting and the subsequent consequences for not following those rules. That is what encourages interesting, useful comments and prevents stupid comments like "you suck, kill yourself". As far as I can tell, the Google ranking has little to do with it.
  • Peroni 13y ago
    It's almost impossible to avoid a decline in quality as the quantity of users increases. Reddit being a prime example. Every now and again there are threads posted here discussing the apparent 'HN decline' as the userbase grows.
    • rpedela 13y ago
      To me, those threads sound like old people complaining rather than an actual problem. "Back in my day..." You still did not answer my question: how?