As someone who uses HN every day, I would say that usability concerns are as valid for HN as they are for any other site. Whether it's a priority for YC, well

As someone who uses HN every day, I would say that usability concerns are as valid for HN as they are for any other site. Whether it's a priority for YC, well — considering the lo-fi implementation (not sure if it's a myth or if Paul Graham truly intended this as a strategy to avoid attracting the great unwashed as some people have claimed), probably not.