{"slug": "ask-hn-has-ai-changed-the-quality-of-hn-posts", "title": "Ask HN: Has AI changed the quality of HN posts?", "summary": "A Hacker News user asked whether AI-generated content has degraded the quality of posts on the platform, with commenters reporting a noticeable decline in quality and referencing new guidelines to address AI-generated submissions.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n | \npast\n | \ncomments\n | \nask\n | \nshow\n | \njobs\n | \nsubmit\nlogin\nAsk HN: Has AI changed the quality of HN posts?\n1 point\n by \ncodingbuddy\n \n21 minutes ago\n \n | \nhide\n | \npast\n | \nfavorite\n | \n5 comments\nI thought AI-generated content would making online discussion worse (which it definitely does on some platforms), but I haven’t noticed a meaningful drop in the quality of Hacker News posts or comments. Have you?\n\nenragebait\n \n5 minutes ago\n \n | \nnext\n \n[–]\n\nHave you enabled “show dead?”\nreply\nalex7o\n \n16 minutes ago\n \n | \nprev\n | \nnext\n \n[–]\n\nI'd just say hn is a reflection of the internet as a whole. And it is definitely not only HN that suffers.\nreply\ntoomuchtodo\n \n16 minutes ago\n \n | \nprev\n | \nnext\n \n[–]\n\nYes.\nreply\nverdverm\n \n17 minutes ago\n \n | \nprev\n | \nnext\n \n[–]\n\nHN got a new guideline because of it: \nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079\nWhile it was worse earlier this year, I still see a lot of ns;nt in /new, people looking to make money or get users for skinned or vibed products\nhttps://blog.kinglycrow.com/no-skill-no-taste/\nreply\nmarysminefnuf\n \n19 minutes ago\n \n | \nprev\n \n[–]\n\nOh yeah lol. The hit rate used to be about 20% now its about 5%\nreply\n\nGuidelines\n | \nFAQ\n | \nLists\n | \nAPI\n | \nSecurity\n | \nLegal\n | \nApply to YC\n | \nContact", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-has-ai-changed-the-quality-of-hn-posts", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883695", "published_at": "2026-07-12 19:12:55+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-12 19:35:15.765811+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Hacker News", "Y Combinator"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-has-ai-changed-the-quality-of-hn-posts", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-has-ai-changed-the-quality-of-hn-posts.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-has-ai-changed-the-quality-of-hn-posts.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-has-ai-changed-the-quality-of-hn-posts.jsonld"}}