I dont think so. Sure, the signal to noise ratio is declining on the web, but we dont have to depend on Google to deliver things that interest us. I think HN

I dont think so. Sure, the signal to noise ratio is declining on the web, but we dont have to depend on Google to deliver things that interest us. I think HN is a reasonable model for a filter. Sturgeon's Law certainly applies here, but I manage to find a few posts that follow my interests. Most of the time the comments are more relevant than the link. HN is really crowd source editing with a very high level of participants. I dont see any sign that purely statistical aggregation is going to cut the mustard soon.