>How does the website portray itself in that way? Or claim in any way? I don’t think it does. Besides the name of the site? Hacker News by any other name would

>How does the website portray itself in that way? Or claim in any way? I don’t think it does. Besides the name of the site? Hacker News by any other name would be just as sweet, and that's not very sweet, but the name still matters and influences perception. >It actually would be weird for YCombinator’s only news aggregator site to be only about hard programming “hacking”. It’s an established huge incubator of startups. So naturally the news aggregator site itself will be broader than just hard programming “hacking” as YC has matured. Again, the name Startup News was more appropriate. Now, in my eyes, the only purpose of websites with this design, including Hacker News and Lobsters and Reddit, is self-promotion and related activities. This design of discussing almost entirely things that are happening elsewhere is only amicable to these activities, I think. >I think you are blaming something that isn’t a problem. The problem seems to be this site isn’t what you want. And the site never pretended to be what you wanted either. Well, when you wanted to announce something thirty years ago, you could use Usenet. I've looked for other venues, and found some, but that doesn't change that Hacker News still, somehow, amasses a decent amount technically-inclined people. I did give Lobsters a try, to less disappointment, but unfortunately that created a slippery slope that has me having an account here; Hacker News makes Lobsters look good in much the same way Reddit makes Hacker News look good. The only reason I upload any of my articles here is because that one fellow did and the utter lack of interest displeased me. >And the whole point of news aggregators is for anyone to be able to post something. You’re again upset at the whole point of this site. There was no illusion or trickery. This is how modern Web 2.0 news aggregators work. You’re also assuming the person did it for internet points. And upset at that. Which makes it seem like you want to do it for internet points. Again, I don't care at all about these meaningless points. The only reason I bother having any here is because the design of this website forces one to collect them, lest posts be hidden, among other things. Now, I have nice discussions and pleasant interactions about my work elsewhere, under better systems, but there's little cost to me of uploading my work to Hacker News, at this point, and so I may as well continue doing so.