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Ask HN: Is it time to fork HN into AI/LLM and "Everything else/other?"

470 points bookofjoe | 2 comments | 15 Jul 25 14:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.455s | source

I would very much like to enjoy HN the way I did years ago, as a place where I'd discover things that I never otherwise would have come across.

The increasing AI/LLM domination of the site has made it much less appealing to me.

1. kylehotchkiss ◴[15 Jul 25 17:01 UTC] No.44573347[source]▶
It's a hype cycle that will eventually die down. People here are usually pretty excited for new hype cycles they think they can make equity windfalls from. It's looking less likely that individuals will be making windfalls even as of this week with the new style of top-talent-acquihire acquisitions that seem to be increasing in number, so there's hope that HN goes back to generally technical :)
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2. lazide ◴[15 Jul 25 17:36 UTC] No.44573758[source]▶
Difficulty - AI makes it a lot easier to generate mountains of hype articles and drown out other content, self-reinforcing the hype.

Different than prior hype cycles.

Frankly, this one seems to be dying out more from everyone just flat out refusing to pay attention to online stuff or things on their phone long enough to starve the beast. If that is even possible.