The discovery hurdle was part of the charm for me. I liked the era of small, niche communities where you knew everyone and developed real relationships with people that you never met in person. Discoverability is what leads to Eternal Septembers.

Especially since the best search engines are nearly useless for finding new old-style content… search is broken, the big platforms are broken, and random links from users of HN are now the only way I have to find new stuff. The cool thing is that most of what is posted to HN is relevant to my interests…

Well, that was what search was for before that got broken… or should I say broke itself?

If it wasn’t so sad, this would actually be quite amusing to watch.