A long time ago the HN audience consisted mostly of people who knew at least that much.
Every online community has this myth: that in the beginning all the members were as intelligent as Einstein, as humble as Gandhi, etc., etc., and that over time hordes of newcomers arrived and the quality fell drastically. But having been in on the ground floor of quite a few of them I can say with certainty that it's a myth.
Every online community has this myth: that in the beginning all the members were as intelligent as Einstein, as humble as Gandhi, etc., etc., and that over time hordes of newcomers arrived and the quality fell drastically. But having been in on the ground floor of quite a few of them I can say with certainty that it's a myth.