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HN is great partly because it has excellent mods, and removes quite a lot of stuff between moderation and flagging. Perhaps a bit overzealous on flagging sometimes though.

Shitty mods have existed far longer than millenials.

I think the fact that I've not encountered an "evergreen" community (i.e. one that doesn't go the way of Digg, Reddit eventually) gives me a lot of anxiety with regards to my day to day online community usage.

Online communities often feel ephemeral, but maybe that's healthy in the grand scheme of the internet?

I'm really thankful that we have good mods here on HN.

Metafilter has been around for almost 20 years with a small, stable, gatekept community.

I think a certain amount of churn is unavoidable in this accelerated 21st century life, sadly.