In some ways, I think that's true, especially with AI. But, as another commenter pointed out, before that it was crypto stuff. So, popular things are discussed a lot. I personally think that's ok.

And, regarding AI, it's profoundly changed our lives especially for software devs. And we are in the infancy stages so there is a lot new and trying to be figured out still. So while it is somewhat fatiguing to see so much AI stuff, I actually welcome it. I've learned a lot here because of it.

Finally, while there is some tension in the comments, and a decent amount of negativity and pessimism in the comments, there are usually high quality comments that get voted up and people who are violating the guidelines often get voted down. Which makes me feel like the community as a majority still cares a lot about keeping HN reasonable.

I spend a lot of time here because I like it here. There is a lot of good and the bad is reasonable/manageable for me. I especially appreciated all the love for TNG and Patrick Stewart when he passed. My family doesn't share my affinity but it was clear a lot of the HN community did. I was comforted.

I don't like that flagging can be abused (IMO example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50366250) but it's also used for good so there, again, is balance.

Thanks HN for being "my peeps". I don't really have any other group that I'd say that about.