[JAM1971]

> This goes on here, on Reddit, Twitter, wherever a discussion about Musk arises. The only difference between HN and Reddit on this topic is that HN is slightly more highbrow, although the same general attacks get repeated here as they do on Reddit.

My casual observation says that HN has become more "Reddit-Like" in terms of low quality and off-topic posting since the whole Reddit API/MOD debacle.

And yes, I see the irony. I get it.

[rlt]

> My casual observation says that HN has become more "Reddit-Like" in terms of low quality and off-topic posting

People have been saying this pretty much as long as HN has been around

[Tainnor]

I think the more likely explanation is that the low-quality content has always been here, it's just more or less visible depending on which topics you visit and what's happening in the world.

This place was IMHO pretty toxic during the pandemic. It felt like half of the threads were some covid-related "controversies" and the other half was about whether or not WFH is a fundamental human right.

[cudgy]

These events caused major shifts in a very short time. Seems understandable that something so invasive as Covid and life-changing as work from home would be at the front of many people’s minds.

[Tainnor]

Yes, it's definitely understandable, just saying that the quality of comments around that time was IMHO pretty bad