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>>pg+(OP)
I wanted to see if there had been any visible decrease in quality. Doesn't look like it. There's surprisingly little difference between this and the regular frontpage.

>>pg+e
I'm not sure why, but my feeling is that I am personally less happy with the content a) being submitted and b) making it to the front page than I was even 6 months ago.

Maybe since I'm not a newbie on HN anymore I'm remembering through rose-tinted glasses and yelling at the kids to get off my lawn.

The things I care about are programming tips, new software, javascript/python/ruby/etc specific articles, new startup companies. There seems to be a lot less of this kind of content and more general tech news, which I can read at any number of other sites.

I don't care about business stories(other than those related to startups) and rumors Techcrunch has started about something.

On the plus side, the discussions that happen in Comments are definitely still good. I would be great if there was a way to get easier access to the comments than the ity-bity link we have now.

>>geuis+h1
I've been around long enough to have noticed several of these cycles. I could go for weeks seeing nothing interesting, then go nuts for a couple of days reading and posting. I don't know if it's me or hn, but I simply describe it as the natural ebb and flow of an organic entity.

Come with an open mind and have fun if there's interesting stuff that day. Get back to work if there's not. Either way, you win.

>>edw519+y3
A couple of weeks ago there was a patch of articles that reassured me about the site.

The most significant difference I see between 'classic' and 'normal' is the article entitled "First Steps Towards Post scarcity" is 28 on classic, but 13 on normal. Could be there had to be some difference and its random, but I generally find articles on this topic pretty light on quality thinking.