At this point, the majority of the comments I read sound like a CNN anchor script. Ha, maybe it's their web developers.
Yep. I could see why you would think that.
> Now the counter-culture seems to be non-existent, and actually looked down on.
What changed?
> At this point, the majority of the comments I read sound like a CNN anchor script.
There it is. Your attitude. Your comment.
HN is still mostly what it was when I first joined. The issue isn't that HN isn't counter-culture.
Rather, you aren't.
My hypothesis is that each of these groups come here after being kicked out or pushed out of wherever they usually hang out. The ones that remain on HN after a period of time are the ones that dang doesn't wear out via moderation or haven't been outright banned. They eventually learn to be good HN members and then stay.