>Going to a Star Wars forum to tell everyone how much Star Wars sucks would be nonsensical. Imagine a Star Wars forum full of people saying Star Wars sucks. That’s how I HN has felt for years now.

Have you ever interacted with a fandom?

No one complains about Star Wars as much as Star Wars fans.

I agree with you about HN sucking all the joy out of everything, but that's been part of the culture for as long as I can remember. And when Show HN is almost nothing but AI slop and landing pages and half the threads are people shitting on programming and anyone who cares about it as an art or a science, or as anything but a means to generate monetary value, the frustration is understandable. HN seems to be undergoing a cultural schism and a lot of people just don't belong to it anymore.