On: Dear HN, I'm worried about us

[anuraggoel]

Your post is on the front page. This means we are still actively introspecting as a community. That's a very healthy sign in my opinion, so I wouldn't worry so much.

[unalone → anuraggoel]

It could also be signs of vanity. Reddit went downhill after a month of a ton of people writing Ask Reddit posts.

I'm not saying we have that problem, but usually, the presence of a topic like this is just taking away from an external news story.

[pg → unalone]

I already penalize Ask HN posts (or more precisely, url-less ones) significantly in the ranking algorithm. That seems to keep them from taking over the front page.

[anuraggoel → pg]

So 'pgrank' is much more advanced than we think.