How Hacker News Stays Interesting
It hasn't. Declined a lot over past five years.  There are days now not a single front page article is motivating enough for me to click on it.<p>I'm sure HN has grown audience and in general appeal over same period<p>Both that wider appeal and my loss of interest is due to subject shift of content.  From mostly high s/n, tech and startup articles to human interest, "life hacks", and long form. From stuff that is directly useful (to a niche audience), to generally applicable entertainment.