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A comment on Ask HN: Why number of upvotes is much higher these days?.

Re:Ask HN: Why number of upvotes is much higher these days? by bnchrch on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @04:44PM (#38537352)
Anecdotally I think you also see:

1. An increase is Ask HN posts that a short time ago wouldve only been on Stack Overflow

2. An increase in low quality meme comments that a short time ago wouldve only been on Reddit

That leads me to believe that HN is one of the last the safe harbours for tech minded folks as SO and Reddit continue to decline in quality.

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Re:Ask HN: Why number of upvotes is much higher these days? by jytechdevops on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @06:10PM (#38538232)
reddit I can agree. SO I can't agree because they gate keep so damn hard that I never had much of a chance to actually join or feel part of the community since I started programming 2 years ago. I feel like they've alienated a generation of potential younger participants due to its culture.
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Re:Ask HN: Why number of upvotes is much higher these days? by speedgoose on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:42AM (#38543093)
> Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Ask HN: Why number of upvotes is much higher these days? by bnchrch on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @06:50PM (#38551084)
Fair rule, but I think in context here, it's a valid point.

If HN wants to show some data on comment quality overtime that refutes it I'd been keen to eat my words.

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