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Re:“Which word begins with “y” and looks like an axe in this... by thearn4 on Friday June 30, 2017 @09:39AM (#14670605)
It's a shame that the internet devolved into cat pictures, pervasive advertisements, and political shouting matches. On the other hand, there are still some great communities out there for great discussion. I consider HN to be one of them.
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Re:“Which word begins with “y” and looks like an axe in this... by Latty on Friday June 30, 2017 @10:32AM (#14670977)
It didn't devolve - it expanded. There is still plenty of great content out there, it's just mixed with a lot of other content of varying quality.
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Re:“Which word begins with “y” and looks like an axe in this... by Double_a_92 on Friday June 30, 2017 @10:49AM (#14671079)
Maybe "diluted" is a fitting word.
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Re:“Which word begins with “y” and looks like an axe in this... by ryandrake on Friday June 30, 2017 @11:33AM (#14671355)
Not really, "dilution" implies that when the Internet grows to include another crappy site everything else in the "solution" is slightly crappier. If a new web site for cat pictures or political shouting matches opens up tomorrow, it does not affect the quality and usefulness of HN.
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Re:“Which word begins with “y” and looks like an axe in this... by chongli on Friday June 30, 2017 @03:21PM (#14673062)
No, but I've seen plenty of good subreddits go bad after a flood of new users!
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Re:“Which word begins with “y” and looks like an axe in this... by coldpie on Friday June 30, 2017 @09:45AM (#14670642)
Perhaps unintuitively, the Something Awful forums are another relatively small, intelligent community.
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Re:“Which word begins with “y” and looks like an axe in this... by therobotking on Friday June 30, 2017 @09:56AM (#14670713)
I genuinely worry about the day the SA forums get shut down for whatever reason. I've been posting there since 2003 and it's my first stop on the 'daily internet check' ritual.
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