> Despite HN's extraordinary growth in popularity, we've refused to step down to the quality level of Digg and Reddit. Please do not say things like this. 1.

> Despite HN's extraordinary growth in popularity, we've refused to step down to the quality level of Digg and Reddit. Please do not say things like this. 1. It uses these other services as a yardstick by which you measure yourself, thereby placing more importance upon them than upon you; 2. Negative comparisons of competing services is one of the early signs of a corruption in your service -- e.g., Reddit's perceived deterioration was pre-empted by a significant number of its users constantly comparing themselves to Digg's users; 3. Your standards for excellence should be internal, not external. So, instead of saying, "I want to be better than X", you would say, "I want to be the best possible Y." Thanks.