[zahlman]

> while the ones that remain have convinced themselves that not only this new state of affairs is fine, it's actually preferable, and what they are doing is somehow beneficial.

None of you have done anything at all to explain why it somehow isn't, except perhaps to indicate that it isn't how you want the site to work. Or that the company is losing business. (As a reminder, the company has never paid any of us a red cent.)

Why is it "comical" for people you don't identify with to have a vision?

[int_19h]

It's comical because it has been explained to you specifically dozens of times by several different people already right here in HN comments, but every time you do the equivalent of "la la la can't hear you" in response.

It's sad because most of us remember how much more useful SO used to be.

[zahlman]

> It's comical because it has been explained to you specifically dozens of times by several different people already

The only thing that any of you have explained is that the site doesn't measure up to your standards.

You have given me no reason why I should evaluate the site by your standards.