[doubleplus]

My 2 cents: I think you're overreacting and being a bit melodramatic by "leaving" and going out of your way to make a post about it instead of, say, just not voting up or reading posts you aren't interested in (or just leaving). It's not like your sentiment isn't expressed in some way already several times a week. The only thing more annoying to me than noise is noise about noise. Yes, I see the irony in my saying that.

[BrandonM]

I'm sorry to seem melodramatic, but I didn't feel like I was only speaking for myself, and I hadn't yet seen a post like this. For a while I thought others were overreacting when they were saying that HN was changing too much, but lately I think I know what they're talking about. Several times I've clicked through and read about half of a story only to find that it was a waste of my time, and judging by the names on the comments, most of the story's score is coming from new members.

I'm not saying the community isn't good for a lot of people, I'm just saying that it's changed enough that it's no longer what I came here for. I would apologize for making this submission, but it seems that enough people agreed with me that it did make it to the front page.