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Comment by thm

7 days ago

Yes, but unlike AI & Crypto, Erlang came with little grift, slop and Show HN spam.

The atmosphere on the site was very different then. There was plenty of Erlang vaporware and lots of "how to grow your startup" growth spam which wasn't called growth spam yet. The community was a lot less cynical then (though obviously the middlebrow dismissal [1] tendency of the site is quite old.)

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4726248