Absolutely. Honestly, I took the presence of this HN post itself, and the fact that it directly contradicts my own first hand experience, as a really bad sign

Absolutely. Honestly, I took the presence of this HN post itself, and the fact that it directly contradicts my own first hand experience, as a really bad sign (for HN). Very little has changed on Reddit since the protests. A few tight knit communities went to discord. But tons of people loooove to complain.