This isn't just a forum about posting interesting stuff and discussing it, it's a forum owned by a billion dollar Silicon Valley incubator. People post here hop

This isn't just a forum about posting interesting stuff and discussing it, it's a forum owned by a billion dollar Silicon Valley incubator. People post here hoping to be noticed by YC and the community at large, and gain "street cred" by virtue signaling themselves as intellectual, competent and innovative, and often to covertly pitch their startup ideas. People make getting noticed on HN and getting viral an integral part of their business strategy.