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There is more noise by quantity because there are more links than ever, but the average quality hasn't gone down. It only seems like it sometimes, because the s

by rms 17y ago

There is more noise by quantity because there are more links than ever, but the average quality hasn't gone down. It only seems like it sometimes, because the site has good and bad days. Also, if you just want programming links, read http://hackerhackernews.com/ http://hackerhackernews.com/. The topic here is much broader than only technical things.

tcoffeep 17y ago
It hasn't been updated since July 7th. Unless nothing else that's been up lately has been about programming...
iamwil 17y ago
When there are slow news days, the front page tends to fill with dribble. Sometimes that gets people to submit better stuff, so it balances itself out.