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Anyone else gone completely off HN these days? (feddit.uk)
submitted 4 days ago by tetris11@feddit.uk to c/linux@programming.dev
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I still used to frequent it all the way up to last month, for some interesting discussions. But now... it's really become AI-pro^[Yes, I know it's been that way for a while, but either I'm feeling it more or the bots have gamed the website to the point that all you see are announces from big tech companies or people going on about their AI solutions] and any post that even hints about AI existentialism gets immediately cut down.

I find it hard to browse the site anymore, and lament the loss of expert tech discussion in my weekly routine.

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That’s what happens when you curate a space to worship:

  1. Market efficiency
  2. Individualism
  3. Technological development

…while insisting that those values are apolitical, and only ideas that conflict with those values are political.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago

True. Still, there was nice a time window where 2+3 won out over 1