Personally, this is where I come to find out what people obsessed with tech and start-ups are thinking about. I find most of the articles that are not directly

Personally, this is where I come to find out what people obsessed with tech and start-ups are thinking about. I find most of the articles that are not directly related (that I click on anyway,) have some abstract tie-in to startup-land. The worst thing that could happen to HN would be to lose that character. It would lose its value to its audience, followed quickly by its audience being replaced by one I care a lot less about.