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I'm new to HN and think it's an awesome forum, but the fact that people like me (non-hacker who wishes he could understand even half the stuff discussed here) are finding out about it probably means that it's left behind its early adopter phase for good and is now in "early majority" mode, for better or worse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_adoption_lifecycle

I'll try not to lower the bar too much... :P

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The internet has really been on a downhill course since September, 1993, with all the newbs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

I like StarCraft and I love analogies so how's this for one:

People who originally built and pioneered the Internet were the Xel'Naga, the original users of the Internet pre-September 1993 are the Protoss, and all the newbs who have flooded the Internet since are the Zerg.

And then you have Terrans like me who are fragmented, caught in the middle, and have to choose sides. I choose to protect and fight for the Internet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Races_of_StarCraft

I had been lurking for years and just started to chime in. Kind of wish I had made an account earlier to get more cred ;)

That's not how HN works... Or did an airplane just fly over my head?

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