We shouldn't avoid paring stuff out to avoid the possibility of missing something. There's way too much news out there to take that approach, and the really big

We shouldn't avoid paring stuff out to avoid the possibility of missing something. There's way too much news out there to take that approach, and the really big stuff generally gets posted multiple places. Part of the problem is that HN's "gamut of topics", as you put it, has gotten too wide. There are lots of general tech news sites out there, this shouldn't be another. This is a narrowly focused community.