It would be cool to see HN internal stats over the last 5 years. New users, posts from different accounts and etc.

Yeah. Could be astroturfing. Could just be a surge in enthusiasm after 10 years when all we had to be excited about was a new Javascript framework.

Your analysis by account age might be telling

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bossyTeacher an hour ago | parent [-]

> Could just be a surge in enthusiasm after 10 years when all we had to be excited about was a new Javascript framework.

No. I distinctly remember HN being fairly skeptical of LLMs the way they were sold back in 2023. Then, the astroturfing began happening gradually. First in the comments and then in the posts.

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tokioyoyo an hour ago | parent | next [-]

To be very fair, I was also very skeptical about LLMs in 2023. Not so much anymore.

Edit: ok, i guess this account is from 2024, but been around a while. I guess can’t defend myself like this :)

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loeg 43 minutes ago | parent [-]

I share the same sentiment, and my account is at least ten years old.

	▲	asdfsa32 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Suites are still in trend, but Suites are not "in". That is the point here. AI is being marketed beyond what it is honestly capable.

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Barbing 26 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Check Ars. Commenters hated it. Commenters are still 15-20 y/o accounts, but less blind hate.

Obviously, in my opinion, based on reporting of truthfulness someone like Sam Altman would not be entirely opposed to astroturfing here.

But people should probably appreciate at the least running free local software that has a few tricks up its sleeve.

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doix 43 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah, I was very skeptical and now I've drank the kool-aid. Got multiple parallel cloud agents with independent loops making PRs and me reviewing them. AI is also reviewing PRs and sometimes even catches useful things.

LLMs in 2023, from what I remember, were slightly better auto complete. It's pretty different now.

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leptons 26 minutes ago | parent [-]

I'm using AI in many ways but I'm not ignoring that it has some real costs. The code AI writes is too voluminous to fully review. I'm quite disconnected from it, and probably won't be able to maintain it myself. The more we use AI to code, the more our real skills atrophy (already feeling that). And when AI pricing finally catches up with the astronomical spending going into it, people are going to have a rude awakening. Nothing good is coming from any of this, unless you're able to cash in before the economy collapses when this bubble finally bursts.

	▲	simianwords 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		AI pricing finally catching up? What do you mean? Every few months prices are going down by 5x. Your price correction will not happen and it’s time to accept it.

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simianwords 16 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

You know how this reads right? Most people updated beliefs. While you couldn’t do it, so you think people are conspiring against you behind your back.

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defrost 5 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I had the same thought as lovich re: your defence.

Sure, it's obvious to all how the GP comment reads, just as it's obvious to all how this rapid defensiveness appears. <shrug>

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lovich 10 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49151741

> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49151732

> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49151719

Multiple comments made by this account in a timeframe I at least would personally have a hard time reading the comment I’m responding to and then and replying to this quickly, and from an account made in 2025.

Kind of making the point for the people you disagree with, assuming you are an actual human and not a bot tasked with pushing a narrative.

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simianwords 5 minutes ago | parent [-]

I’ll spill out what you are insinuating.

Either I’m commenting because my life and others lives are affected by AI, it is actually a big deal. It will change our lives. It will never go away. And that’s why I comment on it.

Or I’m shilling for AI companies because and the above points aren’t true.

Which one do you think is true?

	▲	defrost 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Literally both can be true. Had a recent commenter insistent on calling out another HN user as a tool of the Chinese state boosting propaganda points. Either of them may well have been a paid commentator, but both also could hold a sincere belief in the points they were making.