The problem I have with HN at the moment has nothing to do with what is on the front page but everything to do with the tone of some of the comments - there has, as far as I can see, a rise in quite openly hostile and blatantly rude responses which I really don't remember seeing in the past.

NB One thing to note is that I'm not talking about sw007's experiences but comments containing lines like:

"So slow clap for writing some useless crap. Sorry for the vitriol, but this shit is just dumb."