The basic web? hear me out... why has hacker news remained steadfastly under the radar? in part because it looks like an academic message board of the 90's If

The basic web? hear me out... why has hacker news remained steadfastly under the radar? in part because it looks like an academic message board of the 90's If intelligently produced text content is what is needed then perhaps we need to design a format that excludes, if not automatically diminishes, images and videos