He may be a spammer, but I take issue with:<p>&gt; They don&#x27;t fit with the general theme of the content which is usually posted on HN.<p>I&#x27;m glad HN isn&#x27;t &#x2F;r&#x2F;programming, where there are strict controls on topics. There has always been an 80&#x2F;20 mix of stories about tech or startups &#x2F; interesting stories about the world, and I find that works pretty well to hold my interest.<p>There&#x27;s a universal nostalgic bias that everything used to be better, so I&#x27;m skeptical by default of any claim that something has declined in quality over time. It might be true, just needs some kind of data to be persuasive, rather than personal testimonies.