I've always had a sense that it's a combination of "readers of X" along with "people always interested in X's writing". Stuff about writing and publishing in g

I've always had a sense that it's a combination of "readers of X" along with "people always interested in X's writing". Stuff about writing and publishing in general gets upvoted from time to time — I think there's always been a certain overlap between HN and the writing community.