> But what excuse does the tech community have... You may be confused due to the name of this site. "Hacker News" is not, nor has it been for a very long time,

> But what excuse does the tech community have... You may be confused due to the name of this site. "Hacker News" is not, nor has it been for a very long time, by and for hackers. The success of YC has turned this site, and the community around it, into a money-centric zeitgeist. Marketers, "growth hackers", salespeople, recruiters, and other forms of greedy, parasitic professions, are now the dominant voice in the so-called "tech community". Anything for a buck, even at the expense of privacy and real technological advancement. That is the mantra of HN. Perhaps you might want to try Slashdot.