I cannot understand how HN did this with almost no "community guidelines" I would probably word it as simple to follow guidelines and adding to that is a remar

I cannot understand how HN did this with almost no "community guidelines" I would probably word it as simple to follow guidelines and adding to that is a remarkable moderator that is mostly hands-off. There are also many people that have been here long enough to flag the topics they know will descend into chaos most of the time. But that is just my take, there is probably more to it.