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469 points bookofjoe | 3 comments | 15 Jul 25 14:51 UTC | HN request time: 1.792s | 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.

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Lerc ◴[15 Jul 25 15:10 UTC] No.44571964[source]▶

>>44571740 (OP) #

I have seen this question asked on subreddits, Not about AI, but for other topics that some people dislike.

They always seem to take the form of "Should we divide this group into A and B, A stays here and B goes over there and that way everybody is happy"

Invariably the person who proposes this wants to remain in group A and will not be a participant in group B.

To me this seems like the subtext is "Those people are not welcome here, they are not like us. It's not like we have anything against them, we just don't want them ramming it down our throats"

Anyone is free to make a website with whatever content they want, they can invite people to it and grow your own community. Directing a community to divide to remove an element you dislike is an attempt to appropriate the established community.

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1. moomoo11 ◴[15 Jul 25 22:45 UTC] No.44576690[source]▶

>>44571964 #

This honestly reminds me of the crypto days from 2017-2021ish.

Literally 80% of the posts were about crypto and how we were going to experience some ground shattering revolution. There were so many posts about how all the topics are about crypto and how it is annoying.

Ultimately, all that noise and the billions of dollars poured into that turned into a meme if we're honest. Most people just buy/flip crypto or hold BTC that they'll sell when they double it after a year.

AI in LLM form is at least useful in many ways and in front of millions of people without any rugpulls and other shit, but due to their inherent limitations (doesn't matter how much python it writes and executes, half the time or more its wrong for any actual/meaningful work) I think the hype will settle in the next couple of years.

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2. oparin10 ◴[16 Jul 25 02:01 UTC] No.44577973[source]▶

>>44576690 (TP) #

Apparently, it's not even close.

According to https://hn.algolia.com/:

- "show hn" "nft" – 151 results

- "show hn" "blockchain" – 479 results

- "show hn" "crypto" – 782 results

- "show hn" "llm" – 2,363 results

- "show hn" "ai" – 13,128 results

These numbers were originally posted by the very active user simonw just 9 days ago [0].

Since then, they've increased to:

- "show hn" "llm" – 2,417 (+54)

- "show hn" "ai" – 13,376 (+248)

- "show hn" "vibe coded" – 23 (past month)

That’s about 6 LLM-related and 27 AI-related posts per day, just in the "show hn" category.

When I first saw this thread earlier today, there were 12 AI-related posts on the front page. Even more oddly, threads unrelated to AI somehow still end up getting hijacked by AI-related comments.

I use AI and find it very useful, but I really don’t see the reason to bring it up all the time. Not everything needs to be framed around AI, and constantly forcing it into unrelated discussions just dilutes real conversations. It feels less like enthusiasm and more like obsession.

Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a non-negligible amount of astroturfing going on across HN.

[0] – [Data on AI-related Show HN posts - simonw's comment](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44484996)

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3. moomoo11 ◴[16 Jul 25 02:59 UTC] No.44578265[source]▶

>>44577973 #

Awesome! That's interesting to know.

I guess the barrier to entry being soooo low when it comes to AI definitely plays a role.

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