This is just a feeling, and I haven't been here for a long time compared to a lot of other people, but I'm increasingly seeing more ideological posts that are especially not hackerish, and in general, a lot more posts that don't seem to fit Hacker News, along with many more snarky and superficial comments than when I joined. And yes, I understand the inherent irony of posting something like this.
Ask HN: Is HN slowly starting to experience enshitification?
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#2My subjective ratio of good to bad links is better than almost every other website I visit. Keep up the good work HN!
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#3I truly do not ask this to be pedantic or snarky, but “enshitification” is a very specific type of platform decay related to business models. How does that apply here?
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#4Sometimes you have to go with the least dirty shirt in the hamper
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#5Sometimes you have to go with the least dirty shirt in the hamper
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#6It’s fine. We’re fine.
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#7Every time I read the word "enshittification" I feel a little shittier, and the frequency with which I see it here is increasing, so yes.
But really, it's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.
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#8I truly do not ask this to be pedantic or snarky, but “enshitification” is a very specific type of platform decay related to business models. How does that apply here?
Yes OP is misusing the term. Redditification maybe?
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#9Folks feel strongly about many social, cultural and political topics. It's a moment and a trend, and certainly not specific to HN. Does it make HN slightly less interesting sometimes? Maybe. But then, is there a forum entirely immune to it? Not really.
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#10In my opinion yes. The quality of submissions and the top page is still high, but there has been a large shift from startups, tech and science to pop and politics.
The main change I have felt is in comment quality. While the amount of juvenile humor or AI assisted posts seems on par with Reddit, the quality feels to have the wrong derivative.