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There was a noticeable drop in quality on HN after we started allowing political content. I think it's brought in a new crowd of HN users. I remember how in 2006 to 2010 Reddit changed from a place mostly frequented by programmers to a place filled with memes, trolling, and politics.

Edit: I generally hate the "the past was better" type of attitudes but I think in the case of HN and Reddit one just needs to look at the quality of 6 years ago to today.