i've only recently joined the hn community, and i'm interested by this thought because i find the comments generally inquisitive, regardless of how much someone has posted. upon further research of when the golden age of hn may have been, i found an article talking about whether or not app developers should listen to hn (i'm not linking it because it wasn't particularly enlightening). it lead to the hn comments in reply to the advent of dropbox, where i notice the same structure you're describing here, ten years ago. i suppose i just wish you would provide links to what you're describing as the 'height of hn' if you're describing how it has 'deteriorated over the years' it seems pretty amazing that a conversation like this takes place in the comments section to Uber ?