There are just so many more Big Tech workers than us scrappy startup people reading and writing here than in the early HN days, and frankly, we have much more to do that keeps us too busy to post on HN as much as they probably have. Yeah, I said it.
I find it's still a useful pointer to interesting links, but if I go into the comments it's knowing they'll be annoying. Align expectations with the reality and it's OK.
However, the _community_ has changed. I still read the headlines to get an idea of what is happening in the world, but the fine comments have been garbage from the moment Taco left.
Enough of us have been given speeches by corporate culture execs or flashy tech leaders making vapourware, so when we hear those words, we await a pile of nonsense to follow.