Agreed. For the last two years or so I&#x27;ve found myself weighting text-heavy websites like HN, or Reddit <i>much</i> more positively.<p>What I find disconcerting is that this shorthand seems entirely about ornamentation--the worry is that maybe some future TimeCube-like site will be subtle enough that it won&#x27;t trigger my &quot;is the author a kook&quot; filter.