> Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.
I'm 99% certain the person you're replying to is kidding. I thought it was funny
That's his point. A decade ago, the comments on this site were 99% relevent, solid technical feedback and analysis. The top post being layperson speculation with a joke response topping it bears a much stronger resemblance to reddit than to hn's origin.
Do you remember Slashdot? Maybe Ars Technica, before it sold out?
Ars Technica was great before it became an online shopping catalog