HN is drowning in AI comments

#1

Post by waygtdai » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 11:26 PM UTC

Dang, any updates on how you and the team were thinking of tackling this? It’s getting ridiculous. Last week was sort of okay but it’s much worse this weekend.

Edit: This spiked on front page and now it’s completely gone. What is going on?

Great. Flagged.

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#2

Post by hash07e » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC

You are late to the party....

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#3

Post by Bender » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 11:31 PM UTC

For a better chance of reply email hn@ycombinator.com.

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#4

Post by waygtdai » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC

hash07e wrote: post #2

You are late to the party....

I get the joke and I myself called it awhile back, I just thought we had a bit more time.

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#5

Post by amelius » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC

waygtdai wrote: post #4

hash07e wrote: post #2

You are late to the party....

I get the joke and I myself called it awhile back, I just thought we had a bit more time.

We need more jokes on HN. It's the only good way to prove you're human these days.

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#6

Post by einpoklum » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC

How do you (waygtdai) know that HN is drowning in AI comments?

I mean, it's not as though I know the opposite is true, but I don't see some fundamental change from a few years back that makes me think that.

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#7

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC

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#8

Post by Hnrobert42 » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC

I've read HN almost everyday for about 10 years. Maybe I'm naive, but I don't see it. I see way more folks complaining that comments are AI generated.

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#9

Post by CSSer » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #5

waygtdai wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get the joke and I myself called it awhile back, I just thought we had a bit more time.

We need more jokes on HN. It's the only good way to prove you're human these days.

This is seriously a good point. Maybe that and typos or bad phrasing

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#10

Post by pixl97 » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

No, not HN, the internet at large.

Now, I'm on vacation this week and not been paying too much attention, but whenever you have a geopolitical event like the little extravaganza in Iran the number of bot like posts tends to explode as influence operators make their moves.