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city41 · 2020-01-21 16:38:21+00:00

The distinction between the two has certainly gone down though (by quite a bit IMO). This feels like boiling a frog.

jki275 | karma 302 | avg karma 0.16 · | 2022-12-30 10:59:59

I think that distinction has pretty much been smashed over the last couple of years.

lazide | karma 9657 | avg karma 1.51 · | 2022-08-30 14:26:09

There isn’t a clearly identifiable difference anymore.

samatman | karma 17828 | avg karma 2.76 · | 2020-01-20 14:04:01+00:00

This stopped being a useful distinction a long time ago.

praptak | karma 15016 | avg karma 4.7 · | 2023-11-09 04:17:35

Dunno, it feels very diluted nowadays to me.

mikeash | karma 74524 | avg karma 3.52 · | 2015-12-15 20:23:02+00:00

Agreed, it's just not quite the same now.

davidgerard | karma 13630 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2017-08-29 06:14:44

That's been less and less, though.

bambataa | karma 1301 | avg karma 2.66 · | 2020-04-17 13:03:15+00:00

Yes, it's got noticeably worse. It used to be pretty good.

lowbloodsugar | karma 2050 | avg karma 1.3 · | 2022-05-15 17:52:10

Both are downmarket now. They are shells of their former selves.

pjc50 | karma 93685 | avg karma 3.72 · | 2019-10-25 08:49:13+00:00

What's the new hotness that people are replacing it with?

lhnz | karma 5740 | avg karma 3.66 · | 2011-01-06 11:08:43+00:00

It's a lot less good than it used to be.

bhhaskin | karma 2350 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2018-03-28 16:12:46+00:00

I agree with your observations. It is getting further and further away from it's roots.

mminer237 | karma 2586 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2024-02-17 14:20:25

That's present tense though. It was more popular in the past, but today, it's been relegated.

ceejayoz | karma 74610 | avg karma 3.33 · | 2017-05-11 15:28:28

That bar seems to have lowered substantially a few months back.

Havoc | karma 16454 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2023-06-27 08:51:41

It’s not. They’ve gone off the deep end

ropiwqefjnpoa | karma 534 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2019-12-30 16:58:43+00:00

Yeah, the labeling has become meaningless sadly.

oh_sigh | karma 6383 | avg karma 0.89 · | 2020-01-02 22:44:21

Well - they were. Now they're not. Why is that shocking?

fabulist | karma 790 | avg karma 2.04 · | 2014-11-19 23:37:21+00:00

It seems like that technique no longer works.

boubiyeah | karma 717 | avg karma 2.6 · | 2019-06-22 11:08:25+00:00

It was! The new result just isn't all that much better. They got trapped in their own bubble of complexity.

ereckers | karma 365 | avg karma 1.4 · | 2014-02-24 18:08:44+00:00

Definitely fallen out of favor. This is becoming very expertsexchangey.