meta meta observation: You commented rather early in the posts history. Currently garbagetime's posts is near the bottom, while 3pt14159's is at the top.

How many posts were there at the time of writing? Did your comment influence the subsequent voting? Would garbagetime have been naturally downvoted if given enough time? Is hacker news actually declining in quality, or is it just tendency to favor good things when remembering the past?

Does any of this matter at all?