I think posts written for HN are not generally a bad thing - I've written several blogs either with HN in mind or directly for consumption here - that is actual

I think posts written for HN are not generally a bad thing - I've written several blogs either with HN in mind or directly for consumption here - that is actually encouraged by the guidelines. But you're right - people ''tailoring'' articles for HN could be a problem. I realised a while ago that the right title can get you on the main page, but I can't bring myself to play the system :) It's only a blog, not really worth it.