“Quality of HN Comments Over Time” (comment)
recommended by 2 users | 2009 | edw519 on: Ask HN: Is it just me, or are HN comments becoming more and… | hacker news | original thread |
edw519 on Nov 6, 2009 | on: Ask HN: Is it just me, or are HN comments becoming more and more negative? | view on HN 
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ABrandt Jul 17, 2010 | on: Ask HN: Down-voted comments | context

...could this be the warning signs of YC news starting to become reddit ?

I hate to pick at straws here, but this single phrase has been repeated across HN threads for years. No, we are not becoming reddit. Some past references:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1420440

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=258551

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=560517

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1110251

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=572808

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=144390

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=235490

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=508028

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=926604

Some of these go back as far as 2 years ago (I'm sure theres earlier examples out there as well). I think edw519 explained it best with his graph here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=926644

dang Oct 25, 2024 | on: Ask HN: What's with the low-quality comments? | context

> a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills

Nine words, nine links! (from https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13852 (April 2007)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=60767 (Sept 2007)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=66057 (Oct 2007)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=253657 (July 2008)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=289254 (Aug 2008)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=582513 (April 2009)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=633099 (May 2009)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=926703 (Nov 2009)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1524184 (July 2010)

That last comment (from July 2010) has links to a bunch more, including this edw519 classic:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=926644 (Nov 2009)

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