I am sure most users here are very smart and well mannered in real life, which translates in the way they behave here. Another thing that helps is that from th

I am sure most users here are very smart and well mannered in real life, which translates in the way they behave here. Another thing that helps is that from the start HN was seen as PG's baby. What does it have to do with it? Well, I think it helped attract like minded people. "Game recognizes Game" For the first time in the history of entrepreneurship (at least for what I know) we had a successful person answer the "average joe"'s (like me)question 1 minute after he hits reply. I am sure everyone enjoys it when PG answers. Well, I did the few times it happened to me. Other successful entrepreneurs quickly joined and started to interact with a community of smart, hungry, creative hackers and business guys. Do you see what I am seeing? All the banner ads and Adwords campaign in the world will not attract the same audience. "When a few individuals were gathered in the name of Software, HN was born as democratized news and resources channel, the rest is History in the making and one better glad s/he is part of it". EDIT: If you must have a resume or portfolio, you should most definitely add your HN username and link to it.