[shortoncash]

I feel like the content submitted has been on the decline, particularly in comparison to content submitted even just two years ago. I must be on the HN-decline equivalent of a nicotine patch.

[GFischer]

There was a page evaluating submissions from 2, 5 and more years ago, and they ended up deciding it had not declined that substantially.

You can check out what Hacker News looks when they remove "new" accounts here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/classic

(created by pg to measure exactly that)