HN became important source of truth Treating HN this way is a misunderstanding of its goals and would make HN much worse. 'nerd messageboard with less yelly co

HN became important source of truth Treating HN this way is a misunderstanding of its goals and would make HN much worse. 'nerd messageboard with less yelly conversation' is about as good as one can hope for the actual aspirational goal of 'place for curious conversation'.