[horser4dish]

I've been reading HN anonymously for a few years, and while there's been a decrease in quality, I agree with pg in that all is not lost. The main problem, I believe, is in the quality of submissions. There's a lot more fluff/gossip on the front page (for example, the TechCrunch Facebook Comments rant) that doesn't inspire any real discussion. I think that if the submission quality can be improved, the comments will follow. And on that note, well-written and interesting comments are still fairly common... I think it will be a while yet before those show signs of disappearing altogether.