Ask HN: Is it true that any community that grows big enough, gets ruined?

Re:Ask HN: Is it true that any community that grows big enou... by plantain on Friday May 13, 2022 @04:38AM (#31364840)

Having been here 11 years now, IMHO HN is 90% as good as it was in 2011.

Reddit has lasted pretty well too because of it's ability to shard out bigger communities into ever smaller communities, but the larger subreddits are a bit creaky.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it true that any community that grows big enou... by PartiallyTyped on Friday May 13, 2022 @04:47AM (#31364901)

I remember when r/programming and r/machinelearning about 5-6 years ago regularly blew my mind with intelligent discussions but now many of the submissions in both subreddits are just ... not that interesting. The surge of users resulted in the eventual displacement of the original community.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it true that any community that grows big enou... by tomashubelbauer on Friday May 13, 2022 @05:34AM (#31365172)

Not disputing what you said in any way, but on the time-scale of 5-6 years, I wonder whether your interests have shifted or you've gained enough experience with the area to become harder to impress.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it true that any community that grows big enou... by BigJ1211 on Friday May 13, 2022 @07:49AM (#31366279)

r/experienceddevs is now the place for those types of discussions.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it true that any community that grows big enou... by goodpoint on Friday May 13, 2022 @05:48AM (#31365250)

> HN is 90% as good as it was in 2011

Then it was already very average.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it true that any community that grows big enou... by rmellow on Friday May 13, 2022 @09:34AM (#31367389)

I'm curious, what do you think is a better community nowadays?

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Re:Ask HN: Is it true that any community that grows big enou... by goodpoint on Saturday May 14, 2022 @08:16AM (#31377232)

Publicly accessible? Tiny bits and peaces here and there since Eternal September.

Private? That's up to each of us.

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