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Yeah I think the older HN was way more organic. These days it seems more curated, but perhaps that's OK since older HN was way less popular with the mainstream internet than today - making it attractive for gaming the algo and vulnerable to behaviors you see on sites like reddit. I'd guess it's also a challenge to keep the site on-topic versus veering off into becoming a political or populist site.

>>mmaund+(OP)
The amount of curation hasn't changed that much since I've been around, and pg used to do a lot as well. HN has always been a curated/moderated/whatever-term-you-prefer site.

>>dang+y2
And thanks for your collective work.

While criticisms of this place are common, and often deserved - it’s still one of the largest and most civil places where discussions that interest me take place.

Stopping public discourse from descending into shit flinging cesspits is a tough job, and overall I think what happens here is amazing.