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As someone who was here from day two, this is not how old HN was. It was many things to many people, and it’s very difficult to break out of the illusion that rose-tintedness tends to give us. (Guilty of it myself.)

HN has been consistently contrarian. That’s about all that you can say without quickly becoming mistaken.

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>HN has been consistently contrarian. That’s about all that you can say without quickly becoming mistaken.

until recently. Just like reddit, it has become less niche and more mainstream. For eg: HN majority opinion on covid's origin. It matched the official US govt lines as it switched back and forth between market and lab.

Presumably, HN will turn into reddit, but nobody will believe it's happening because people have been predicting it's turning into reddit for over a decade.

I've been around for a while too, and I've learned a lot from this forum. I can't tell if now I'm learning less here because I've leveled up or if there's just less tech talk.

As far as hn being contrarian, the only thing I see hn being consistently contrarian on is crypto. Any other examples?

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