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praptak · 2023-11-09 04:17:35

Dunno, it feels very diluted nowadays to me.

saganus | karma 2094 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2016-05-14 16:21:51+00:00

Probably more about its dwindling presence, and even when it's still used in some industries it's nowhere near the spotlight levels it had before I think.

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

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

AlexandrB | karma 26643 | avg karma 5.26 · | 2017-02-23 20:43:44

I'm the same boat. I am now very rarely in any kind of state of flow (maybe once every few months) and it feels more shallow than it used to be.

cmiles74 | karma 3986 | avg karma 3.22 · | 2017-09-10 07:57:41

Whatever it is, people are getting far less of it.

taeric | karma 14871 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2014-10-22 23:28:36

Not much is, anymore.

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.

fluidcruft | karma 2807 | avg karma 2.24 · | 2015-09-01 16:14:48+00:00

I agree--there's something--I don't know, "disposable" or "fadish" or "bland" about the feel of the new one. It seems to have lost personality.

alexpetralia | karma 2598 | avg karma 3.07 · | 2021-05-09 19:28:11+00:00

I had the exact same impression. It has become so watered down and superficial.

MonkeyMalarky | karma 3210 | avg karma 4.38 · | 2022-10-13 21:17:19

10 years ago I would've agreed with you but now it feels different, also bland and cheap. Like what set it apart from their competitors has eroded.

moffkalast | karma 7759 | avg karma 1.88 · | 2023-02-07 14:30:01

It's still good compared to the rest, but it's not nearly as good compared to its past self. You can almost taste the regression, and it's not the linear one.

theusus | karma 280 | avg karma 1.7 · | 2023-05-31 02:38:21

Honestly, it grew better for me. It's not reasonable and focused nowadays.

city41 | karma 10113 | avg karma 3.53 · | 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.

tocomment | karma 4228 | avg karma 1.49 · | 2013-04-18 19:45:26+00:00

Yeah, it seems like the whole idea really got watered down somewhere along the line.

tirwander | karma -2 | avg karma -0.11 · | 2022-09-16 09:18:53

Right? It just doesn't feel the same anymore and I don't know why

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.

DaniFong | karma 6187 | avg karma 3.26 · | 2008-08-30 16:53:40+00:00

It used to be a lot better.

mirimir | karma 16819 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2016-03-31 01:11:22

OK, so I'm out of touch. That's for sure how it used to be.

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

It seems like that technique no longer works.

devinprater | karma 633 | avg karma 3.86 · | 2023-06-01 14:19:43

No, it's not gotten worse, just more constrained and... fuzzy and blurry.