That being said, an increase in LLM-generated content on HN generally is likely to result in an associated increase in the number of bad actors using LLMs to advance their own ends.

This hit me like a ton of bricks, very true.

The older I get the more I understand the optimist in me rushes to volunteer good things that'll happen over the obvious bad.

This, in retrospect, will apply here too and is explanatory for some notably bad vibes I've had here the past year or two. (been here 15 years)