[hakrgrl]

That last chart showing the average comment length shows a clear negative downtrend, especially in recent months. I wonder why that is.

[hakrgrl]

I noticed some topics and comments that were usually in violation of HN guidelines are no longer flagged, and discourse decays into reddit-like jabs and echo chambers. Only a small percent, but still, more than the previous 0% I was accustomed to.

Would be interesting to see how many comments violate the guidelines over time. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html