HN became just another community where it's trendy to talk in a smug way about everything, like it's this elite community of smarter people and everyone acts like one. The only problem is that people know nothing and still act this way, like they are major experts in the field spreading the truth.

It's easier to notice when they talk about non-tech related things, because with tech you are prone to give the benefit of the doubt that they might now what they are talking about, since if it's not your field of expertise it's harder to doublecheck the claims. With news instead everything is crystal clear. Just the usual average internet user that believes he understood everything and acts as a major expert when in reality it completely misses the complexity of the issues he's talking about.