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An unavoidable trend, it seems :( First it was Digg, then Reddit, now it's HN's turn.
The unavoidable trend is users who've been here a few months posting comments about how HN is turning into Reddit. Hmm, I could actually solve this problem with software; I could make it impossible to post a comment containing the term Reddit till an account was over a certain age threshold.
just because someone is registered for a few months doesn't mean that same person hasn't been lurking for longer..