Skimming the discussion, I'm intrigued to see that no one has tackled the elephant in the room. PG finishes with an honest open question, is Hackernews genuine

Skimming the discussion, I'm intrigued to see that no one has tackled the elephant in the room. PG finishes with an honest open question, is Hackernews genuinely contributing to productivity or is it a giant timesink for 99% of it's members. I'm inclined to agree with the latter.