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Probably because HN has no direct commercial interests. Just keeping a good community. HN has also learned from Usenet's, Slashdot's and Reddit's issues, e.g.
by nextos 5y ago
Probably because HN has no direct commercial interests. Just keeping a good community.
HN has also learned from Usenet's, Slashdot's and Reddit's issues, e.g. how to avoid the eternal September effect.
- bsilvereagle 5y agoI think HN does have a direct commercial interest - provide a community for YCombinator companies to promote to and hire from. YCombinator companies have access to special post types no one else has access to. Additionally there’s a paid moderation team to keep post (check out /pool) and comment quality high.
- version_five 5y agoYou are correct. A better way to say it might be that HN's commercial interests are better aligned with the interests of its readers. Both favor a high quality discussion. That's not necessarily true when you have ad revenue as a forcing function as with later slashdot.