The heavy moderation of HN would mean that they would be more liable for content. And the algorithms showing the front page recommendations would likely be fou

The heavy moderation of HN would mean that they would be more liable for content. And the algorithms showing the front page recommendations would likely be found to be similar to the "what a visitor to YouTube who isn't signed in sees" or "what you see if you go to https://twitter.com https://twitter.com without being logged in." Instead, HN's view would likely become "everyone sees https://news.ycombinator.com/newest https://news.ycombinator.com/newest and showdead is set to 'yes'" I'm not sure how to construct an argument that would allow HN's front page while at the same time curtailing YouTube's not signed in front page - both are recommendation algorithms.