On: Ask HN: Down-voted comments

[ABrandt]

...could this be the warning signs of YC news starting to become reddit ?

I hate to pick at straws here, but this single phrase has been repeated across HN threads for years. No, we are not becoming reddit. Some past references:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1420440

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=258551

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=560517

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1110251

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=572808

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=144390

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=235490

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=508028

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=926604

Some of these go back as far as 2 years ago (I'm sure theres earlier examples out there as well). I think edw519 explained it best with his graph here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=926644