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I know typically jokes like this aren't HN material, but have an up vote lol

Literally, the first thing I though of was GIMP as well :)

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It seems to me that jokes are ok, just not spamming the same old jokes, as you might on Reddit.

Mm, if something is subtly funny, it's usually welcome.

One of my favorite jokes of all time was pg's nickb april fools prank: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=151109#152361

Probably worth putting together a list of HN moments... There were so many.

Reading over that, I actually recognize I miss the older HN - where the conversations seemed fairly long and in depth. It's still often the case, but it does seem like the average length and depth is decreasing.

"Nostalgia was better in the old days" ~ unknown author

"I remember when I used to be really into nostalgia"

- Demetri Martin

I completely agree. There are a few contributing factors, none of which are unsolvable. But it seems like the way to solve it is to essentially fork HN.

The current plan is to create a "mirror" of HN's front page, but with a smaller community. You'll be bale to keep your HN name, because you won't be allowed to use someone's existing HN name on the new site unless you claim it.

Then, we'll need content. This was the secret sauce in the early HN days. The sole reason for people to come to the new site would be good conversation, and I think recruiting a few of the writers from HN would be enough to bootstrap it. Part of HN's early success was that pg actually participated in HN. Whereas the current mod team just shows up to beat us over the head and little else.

If you want to help plan this out, contact me (email's in profile). I think we have a shot at this. Some past thoughts on the topic:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16064078

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16044466

Getting away from the heavy-handed moderation will be the best part. Comments will be free to flow into tangents, as long as they're substantive.

Have you considered https://lobste.rs ?

What did the mod team do to you? This is the second time I've seen you have a go at them today.

Agreed it's too good

Mm I didnt get the joke about pg, care to explain?

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