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		lmm on Jan 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most of what you read on the internet is written b... Because Reddit is a moving target. At any given time HN is of a similar quality to Reddit-as-of-three-years-ago and declining towards Reddit-as-of-now.

Joeri on Jan 1, 2021 [–]

I’ve been on HN for many years and don’t notice this decline. Could it be that those who observe a decline in quality simply have gotten more sensitive to low quality posts with age?

lmm on Jan 2, 2021 | [–]

It's possible, but I do sometimes look back at comment sections from years ago, and the change seems very real.

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