[Jensson]

Here is the top post from exactly 10 years ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4956899

Look at high quality comments such as:

> Why is Stallman still BDFL if he hasn't contributed a meaningful amount of code in years? Let him be the spokesperson so he gets the attention he desperately needs and leave the coding standards to people who code.

>> I wish people would stop parroting that stupid lie. RMS is curently heavily involved in GNU Emacs development and has been for many years. Just check the mailing list sometime.

So I don't think that HN is getting worse, I think its just people who forget that it was bad back then as well.