Well, contrary to what was written today in a comment I almost replied to [0] it's more hacker news than hacker news [1]. So they didn't really hack HN, they m

Well, contrary to what was written today in a comment I almost replied to [0] it's more hacker news than hacker news [1]. So they didn't really hack HN, they merely provided content HN likes and did at the right time. I wonder if they could hack it more by only providing divisive content that feeds on outrage. That'd bring comments and points but most likely no new clients or conversions. Oh, and I have a good example of that ! The other days there was a submission about a font from intel designed for visually deficient programmers. I got curious and installed it then I started thinking about ligatures in code, googled a bit and read https://practicaltypography.com/ligatures-in-programming-fonts-hell-no.html https://practicaltypography.com/ligatures-in-programming-fon... I found the article interesting and decided to submit it but when pasting the title I thought "uh, with a title like that, there's going to be some strong reactions/opinions" and indeed the top comment thread is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35926574 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35926574 [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35927503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35927503 >> Can someone explain me why people post links to Wikipedia articles without any context? > For the exact same reason people post links to other things, it's interesting. It's always been more "hacker" than "news" here.* [1] It's branding/marketing/groupthink...