It's tech community, but also a "best of the web" aggregator for nerds - the beauty of this site is that is both tech and hackish, but you can also find intere

It's tech community, but also a "best of the web" aggregator for nerds - the beauty of this site is that is both tech and hackish, but you can also find interesting and surprising stories about politics, science and humanities. It is paid by big venture capital money (ycombinator); they use this site to create buzz about their own startups. They pay full time moderators (or at least 1) to keep the environment clean from spam and flames. edit: another reason behind its success I think it's due to its functional interface (html and just a bit of styling: how the web should be), that make it pleasant to use.