Yes, if Hacker News was invite only and originally secret (it's only been publicly viewable for a month or so) -- with public upvoting, no downvoting anywhere,

Yes, if Hacker News was invite only and originally secret (it's only been publicly viewable for a month or so) -- with public upvoting, no downvoting anywhere, an explicit popularity contest, no outbound links, and metered posting. Dribbble is a hugbox. HN is more of a bucket of dicks.