Parent and (especially) all its replies are really depressing in their redditness. Edit: Sure, okay, parent gets a pass. It is almost insightful. But the rest is noise, plain and simple, and that’s sad.

Final addendum: Redditization is a serious concern, and per broken windows theory, Reddit-like comments should not be encouraged at all: http://paulgraham.com/hackernews.html

> The most dangerous form of stupid comment is not the long but mistaken argument, but the dumb joke.

That’s what I am starting to see a lot of.

If you resolve the abstract humor, I am critiquing the investment as a swindle which is a good example of the bubble that we are in. This is in line with the tongue-in-cheek critique that the item I'm responding to skillfully displays. My apologies that replies to my comment don't evoke the humorless, dry discussion of the merits of startup investment that you obviously came to this thread looking for; I'll do my best to comment without humor and without requiring a bit of thought as to the meaning behind my messages from now on.

The constant, incessant, unstoppable bitching that Hacker News is turning into Reddit makes me kind of wish that it will, just so everybody will shut up about it and get back to discussing news. You should have completed the trifecta with a "Flagged." on a line by itself.

Irony that a community founded around Y Combinator finds its greatest fear of evolving into a Y Combinator success.

Edit: Oooo, a pass! Is it single-use, or can I save it for my next almost-insightful comment?

HN doesn't seem to have a huge profusion of memes, photoshops, and so on that Reddit seems to embody. If anything, we're turning into Metafilter.

pg should implement image links in comments. Pivot and disrupt.

I'd donate a paycheck to watch that nuclear fallout.

We should go all-out FYAD style and have one weekend where CSS and flash embedding is allowed. Then on sunday night, run a script to clean the place up, and permanently delete the accounts of those who abused their temporary privileges. The definition of "abuse" should be an arbitrary, seemingly random one.

Then we will never speak of it again.

Those of us who followed the exodus out of reddit when it got full of noise and shrillness have a sense of foreboding. Those of us who still read reddit are thrilled to see it come to Hacker News.

I bet there is a clear age division between the two groups. I had the distinct impression that reddit had gotten younger when I left.

Guys, caution, this looks like some kind of fraud.

Regards, a prince from Nigeria

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

There is nothing conspicuous about this.

As a social experiment, I want to start addressing emails to people I know with the salutation, "BELOVED IN CHRIST ,"

How could I forget DEAR SIR/MADAM? Typing 419 scams is harder than I thought.

No more. Use http://toutapp.com.

you beat me to it

If I took all these money would have beaten Bill Gates by now.

Ms Connie Jones, Thank you for your offer. However I am always distrustful when offers appear to good to be true, as I am sure you are yourself.

In my circle, it is customary for such investments to be accompanied by a Ruby, some railway track, and sometimes a small mammal called a 'mongo', or if one can't be found, a couch is acceptable.

As an act of good faith, please post a photo of yourself, proving that you have said items.

Thanks and best regards, Swannie

This sounds awesome. I would love to help you out. Yet, I am myself in a predicament ... I'm looking for some actors, could you help me out? http://vimeo.com/1449435 (Dead Parrot Sketch with Nigerian Scammers ;)