This place lost its hacker lustre at least 10 years ago.

I registered my first account in 2011 or so and even then it had plenty of "pro-big corporate" energy here.

It's a site that was founded and run by venture capitalists. It always had "pro-big corporate" energy. If for nothing else, because that's one of the potential exit strategies.

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stackghost 10 hours ago | parent [-]

I know but there was a "hacker spirit" undercurrent that's been diminished of late, I feel

	▲	hk__2 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Meh, when I registered in 2012 people were writing the same thing.