No, Hacker News was named after the people who enjoy doing clever things with computers. At the time, using "hacker" to mean a black-hat was popular in the pre

No, Hacker News was named after the people who enjoy doing clever things with computers. At the time, using "hacker" to mean a black-hat was popular in the press, but not among actual hackers. And "growth hacking" was a metaphor for doing clever things to get growth, but not the primary association with "hacker".