[ses1984]

I haven’t noticed the same trend.

[garbawarb]

Search the word "loose" in recent HN comments, it's become quite common.

> all he'll breaks loose (a doubly amusing one): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47835177

> So Ukraine should not necessary win, it should mainly bleed Russia and not loose. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47827489

> They are de-risking by spending more, which is a loose-loose for the customers. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826823

Plus this thread, and that's just in the last 24 hours!

[ses1984]

You may be completely right, but these examples are pretty meaningless without context, like what is the rate of lose/loose confusion per x words over time.