Thanks for your answer! My "alternative name" for HN was in no way meant as a criticism of the community. I was just trying to demonstrate that the name "Hacke

Thanks for your answer! My "alternative name" for HN was in no way meant as a criticism of the community. I was just trying to demonstrate that the name "Hacker news" itself is designed to be more attractive than an anodyne description would be: "Hacker" being a term that conjures a certain image. I tried to contrast it with the most boring just-the-facts description I could think of, and no criticism of either the community nor you and the other moderator(s?) was implied in that characterisation.