People were already bemoaning the decline in quality when I started reading a year ago, but even then, the type of article that made it to the front page was completely different than what you could find on any other site. We are getting progressively farther from that unique tone as time goes on.

I don't think there is a solution, though. This erosion seems like the inevitable path of any community-driven thing. No one is doing it deliberately, it's just what happens when you average out so many ideas of what “good” is.

I am certainly part of the problem. I haven't contributed anything of value. This comment is actively making the site worse. But this link was such tragically generic drivel, I felt the need to say something.