I am of the opinion that preprints should basically not be posted on HN at all. Most of the general populace of HN does not have the expertise to understand the

I am of the opinion that preprints should basically not be posted on HN at all. Most of the general populace of HN does not have the expertise to understand the limitations of such work (perhaps outside of CS and Math). Even physics (my area) pre-prints posts are usually filled with speculative (read wrong) theories, and misinterpretations of textbook physics. Preprints that deal with the human world, or analyze human data are dangerously outside the expertise scope of the typical HN reader. Dangerous, because people walk away with wrong conclusion, rather than a "failure to parse" error.