> HN has become a bit of a mouthpiece for large organizations In don't mind (in fact, appreciate) this aspect of HN as long as it's done openly and civilized.

> HN has become a bit of a mouthpiece for large organizations In don't mind (in fact, appreciate) this aspect of HN as long as it's done openly and civilized. > Best idea I have is for HN to add a profile field like: "Organizations: [google]" which would prevent voting on any Google-related submissions. It could also add a disclaimer in each comment these submissions, so users wouldn't have to remember to do that. That's a brilliant idea.