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I think it's crap in spots and noise has been going up for years. But after 14 years there, I don't have a decent alternative to it.

Other than HN, what's your alternative?

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You'll laugh but... Something Awful. Never used it back in the day, but there's something reassuring in memeing and talking about stuff with people in their 30s and 40s in a traditional forum, instead of college teens and astroturfed accounts in a competition of who can get the most karma.

That and a few other hobby specific forums that managed to stay alive until today.

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