> I'm thankful HN is not designing for 'engagement' or MAUs at the UI level. HN has an entirely different business model. Regardless of heady ideas by the cre

> I'm thankful HN is not designing for 'engagement' or MAUs at the UI level. HN has an entirely different business model. Regardless of heady ideas by the creators, from a business perspective this site is little more than an advertisement for ycombinator's actual services. I'm not sure what model reddit could go with at this point in their growth outside of their ad platform (and their odd cult-like "token" awards).