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by raincole 160 days ago
> the number of comments

Two of them in total, if I counted right.

2 comments

Har har. At the time I commented it was the top comments and a few replies
Still astounding in a place where "hackers" congregate.
Not really. Two is not a large number of comments. Turn on showdead in your profile and see the dreck that most users never see.
This place lost its hacker lustre at least 10 years ago.

I registered my first account in 2011 or so and even then it had plenty of "pro-big corporate" energy here.

It's a site that was founded and run by venture capitalists. It always had "pro-big corporate" energy. If for nothing else, because that's one of the potential exit strategies.
I know but there was a "hacker spirit" undercurrent that's been diminished of late, I feel
Meh, when I registered in 2012 people were writing the same thing.
If it lost it 10 years ago... where's website that still has the hacker ethos?