[sksxihve]

I've been a long time lurker on HN, since probably 2008, and this has been a common complaint so much so that it's in the site guidelines.

> Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.

[dang]

> a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills

Nine words, nine links! (from https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13852 (April 2007)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=60767 (Sept 2007)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=66057 (Oct 2007)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=253657 (July 2008)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=289254 (Aug 2008)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=582513 (April 2009)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=633099 (May 2009)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=926703 (Nov 2009)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1524184 (July 2010)

That last comment (from July 2010) has links to a bunch more, including this edw519 classic:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=926644 (Nov 2009)