Comment by randomNumber7

4 days ago

At least all this different viewpoints are here, so maybe the difference is if the moderation is ideologically motivated or not.

I'm not quite sure.

I and a couple other long-time HN users have noticed a significant degradation in HN after a persistent boom in sign-ups began around 2022-23.

It's hard to answer lol.

  • I also think that the quality declined with the incoming AI crowd but on the other hand I also got older over the last years and increased my own skill level...