This is it. HN does not have a narrow focus. If it had a narrow focus it would be easier, like on StackOverflow, where mods can kill any question that doesn't f

This is it. HN does not have a narrow focus. If it had a narrow focus it would be easier, like on StackOverflow, where mods can kill any question that doesn't fit the narrow focus. But HN is supposed to be a community of things of broad interest to hackers. This is why I'm here, anyway. So every so often someone posts a "HN is dying because it posted article X which I personally don't like" and it gets upvoted. How annoying. I think this might be the HN substitute for having a downvote article button. If the community is dying, it's not because of a neat little story about a guy in a cab that a lot of hackers enjoyed.