> Thus continues the reddit-ization of this website.

You know what was even worse on reddit than the memes and inside jokes? The posts whining about how much better the site was before X happened.

This is the internet, no one will listen to whining. If you want to preserve the nature of HN, find something constructive to do. If a comment is so devoid of content that you cannot constructively turn it into a useful conversation, downvote it and spend your time building a conversation somewhere else. Complaining is easy, but it just adds to the noise that you're so concerned about.

So are ad-hominem attacks.

The first line is a quote from Douglas Adams. Well known to anyone who has tried to run a conjunction analysis and had to set the range to 50 km to get something to show up.

Yes, it's quite plain that it is not the commenter's own voice. It is also a short step from self-gratifying quote continuation threads.