They harvested personal info of people. Something against FB policy and against the law. That is why it is news. I understand that Hacker News has been accused

They harvested personal info of people. Something against FB policy and against the law. That is why it is news. I understand that Hacker News has been accused of turning into reddit since reddit became a thing, but when the top most comment is from a guy who didn't even bother to read the article linked, there is a very little in the way distinction between the two sites.