I wish HN would just embrace the community aspect and enable an old school forum type environment. Have a few subjects you can tag: Software and hardware (most of HN currently), science/technology news, and world events.

Not enough to fracture the user base or dilute the diversity of what people see, but also give people a little more space both to engage in and decide not to engage with… basically techno-communists and hype-addicts.

I like HN. It’s a community that by default has something in common. That’s what made old forums good. Hanging out in the news or off topic section of the car or guitar forum you frequented felt cozier than modern communities. Reddit ruined things.

Maybe I’m just very nostalgic right now. I have been awake for a long time cleaning and migrating data from Excel to Postgres. Maybe I’m delirious.