Agreed, with the exception that the proportion of articles tagged 'startups' decreased reasonably fast in the first quarter of the graph. This was probably par

Agreed, with the exception that the proportion of articles tagged 'startups' decreased reasonably fast in the first quarter of the graph. This was probably part of the iterative change from 'Startup News' to 'Hacker News'. I can't recall exactly when the name changed, or whether it was a response to that trend or precipitated the wider focus. Edit: Change was made 14 August 2007.