> Nov 6, 2009 | on: Ask HN: Is it just me, or are HN comments becoming...

> I'm at a year and a half. Hacker News is turning into Reddit. It's following the exact same path, albeit thankfully slower, and the causes behind that path—influx of users, need for attention, karma lust—aren't causes that Paul is looking to fix.

> Reddit's not the worst thing in the world, but make no mistake, we're headed there.

I can't say I disagree.

I was curious about the history of this, so I checked on the Wayback Machine. Originally (at least as of July 2014, the earliest archived date), this rule had an "if your account is less than a year old" clause. The rule went away entirely in August 2017, and then came back again in November 2018 without the clause.

I think if the person commenting truly believes it and has other substantive points the rules can and should be bent.

I agree, this place has turned to trash.