Wow, thanks. I'd forgotten about that one.

HN has had many ups and downs with this issue. While I think PG's statement "so far the experiment seems to be working" still holds up, I've also been noticing many ill-spirited and nitpicking comments lately. It's a constant problem.

(2008)

Massive discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3353593

Discussion there is closed, of course, being so long ago, so if there's anything new to add, this would be a good place.