[mbernstein]

HN used to provide a really high signal to noise ratio for me, but it's degrading pretty quickly. There are new accounts below saying "hey I just learned what RTOS means, thanks!"

I reflexively reload HN many times per day, but I'm wondering if I need a walled garden with some sort of curation of individuals - which sucks - to get the signal level I want.

[onetimeusename]

This probably isn't just an HN problem (GH's model is broken now). It's so cheap to make software that the previous process of releasing something new associated with a person is probably outdated. AI knows what sounds impressive too. So now we're drowning in software releases and attributing software to a person is meaningless.

[Retr0id]

I wish HN upvote data was public, I feel like I could build some kind of improved algorithm that reduces the vote weight of people who upvote slop.

[the_biot]

This site is very much drowning in all the slop. It's over half of posts now I think, not just the "Show HN" posts. Those are 100% slop, as are all the non-show-hn new project announcements.

All the moderators have done is drop Show HN posts by newish accounts. It fixed nothing. I have to hope they have some ambitious plan along the lines of what you suggest.