So someone stopped visiting HN ten years ago. Is this really worth a post on HN and more than a hundred comments? Personally, I can't understand the statements of the person concerned; what bothers me more are those posts that don't contribute anything relevant to technological development. Basically, I find HN very helpful and both a good source of information and inspiration. The discussions are also generally quite good. And we should be able to trust adults to have a little bit of a culture of debate.
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It's interesting for me, because I didn't realize at the time that the things that bother me now were present then. The author seems to be more sensitive than me like ten years more.
No doubt that some people consider it interesting. I personally would have appreciated a brief specific list of recommendations of the author of the post on what to improve. Maybe you can give such a list.
But still I ask myself why I see an increasing number of posts (at least a third) where I don't understand why they should be relevant for me as a hacker. There are platforms like reddit where you can debate about any topic out there, but HN should be more focussed.
HN isn't obviously more focused than Reddit unless you're browsing the front page; for example, the Rust subreddit.
Maybe you can give such a list.
I can't. There isn't always an answer. The author does provide a good list of what's wrong.
But still I ask myself why I see an increasing number of posts (at least a third) where I don't understand why they should be relevant for me as a hacker.
Online forums working is a very serious hackers' matter. What you're saying is just about that! There has been a lot of discussion about HN's algorithms to vote and select articles for front-page, moderation, etc.