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Re:Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally by johnnyanmac on Monday February 09, 2026 @03:34PM (#46950823)
Good bye, Hacker News. I knew ye uhh... Well, I knew ye.
Re:Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally by Gigachad on Monday February 09, 2026 @05:21PM (#46952371)
HN would be improved if the comment section was removed and it was just high quality submissions. All the AI generated engagement bait articles would stop.
Re:Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally by int_19h on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @09:57PM (#46970198)
Comments are where 90% of the value of HN is. If you remove them and it just becomes another news aggregator, I very much doubt that it would retain most of its users. Nor would submissions be "high quality".