Fair enough. I do already know that rule, honestly, I'm a long-time user and I've seen others fall into the trap of that thinking many times. It just happened to occur to me with this thread.
He didn't say that hn is turning into reddit, he ist talking about this particular thread, and at the moment that he had posted the comment, I would have agreed with him.
I agree as well. This particular thread oozes the classic eat-the-rich trope that dominates Reddit and doesn’t match the culture here.