It's of interest to hackers, and it's a subject that many tech people are clearly passionately interested in. It explicitly sheds light on a cultural trend that

It's of interest to hackers, and it's a subject that many tech people are clearly passionately interested in. It explicitly sheds light on a cultural trend that exists and has a lot of influence, but is not obviously visible unless you are active in certain social circles. It's obviously within the HN guidelines. Quoting from the guidelines, what to submit: "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."