Exactly. And if there's say, an article that gets posted about say, the financial crisis, it's nice reading the takes on it from people such as myself, people w

Exactly. And if there's say, an article that gets posted about say, the financial crisis, it's nice reading the takes on it from people such as myself, people who are running startups, and it's even greater when someone like pg weighs in on something. I like to think Hacker News is just what it says, News for Hackers. We have this pseudo-democratic up/down voting systme for a reason. If people don't want things 'off-topic' getting in, then why not just go register a tumblr account and post things you think are 'relevant'.