[croutonwagon]

HN is nice but historically the topics had to be very specific to tech, startups, etc.

Recently it seems to have been a little easier on the political and social commentary stuff which i think is pretty nice and refreshing.

Though I understand why some aren’t as much of a fan. It does attract more drama and flame baiting.

[dang]

The mix hasn't changed on HN. There's some fluctuation of course but people have been perceiving and pronouncing the same trends for 10+ years.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869

[esturk]

I agree with the historical part because recently there has been more meme posts, one liner edgy comments, giant political rants, etc.

And since people can't delete your post after 2 hours, you can see a lot of fluff nowadays even in a relatively old thread.