Comment by dang
4 months ago
I still think my explanation is more convincing, but perhaps that's just me.
I'm curious why you asked "when did HN become this" if you're now telling us that it's been "this" for over a decade.
> which has been documented and remarked upon by others on sites
You should supply links so readers can make up their own minds about how convincing this documentation is.
Sure, here are some remarks on news dot ycombinator dot com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43142108
I wouldn't call this documentation in the sense that I thought you meant the word.
These are examples of users complaining about HN in the way many users always complain about HN. You'll find countless such comments making general claims about how the site is "all X" or "has become Y" or "never allows any Z".
The problem is that these perceptions are not reliable—people base them on datapoints that they happen to notice because they dislike them so much [1], and from there they jump to general conclusions.
[1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
I'm willing to believe you mean what you say and are posting in good faith, but please read this comment and others on its link and tell me with a straight face there's no strong lib-left bias in HN's community moderation:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43211418