Part of it has to be for easy karma points. A lot of these headlines are specially crafted to arouse emotional responses from their readers especially if they a

Part of it has to be for easy karma points. A lot of these headlines are specially crafted to arouse emotional responses from their readers especially if they are the "TV after work" kind of people. My personal opinion is I wouldn't want HN to turn into a mainstream news discussion board. It's not only pretty boring, but will also eventually attract other people interested only in that and the good stuff will drown.