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Re:Going back two years on Hacker News is like entering anot... by coolestguy on Monday November 09, 2026 @04:12PM (#50432233)
Every time I see a post like this about any topic, all I think is that the poster has matured but the content is still aimed at the previous self, since newcomers are in their position now

Nothing has changed except the poster - they were previously part of the snarky individuals, or at least tolerated it, and now have moved on

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Re:Going back two years on Hacker News is like entering anot... by corytheboyd on Monday November 09, 2026 @04:17PM (#50432293)
I was definitely part of the snark in my earlier days, swept up by it all. It contributed to making me a worse person, so I stepped back for a long time, decided that I needed my opinions to not only be my own, but constructive. Tearing people and ideas down is exactly against the spirit of hacking about.
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Re:Going back two years on Hacker News is like entering anot... by reverse_list on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:52AM (#50438099)
I like to indulge in tech nostalgia and find and dig up old news. Which brings me often to pre 2010 HN conversations. I can say that there were as many if not more "low-effort" posts and jokes back then that wouldn't be accepted today by the HN no-fun serious-replies-only police.
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