"Edward Snowden has landed in Russia" should not be important enough to the HN community to warrant first-page placement for the better part of 12 hours. If the

"Edward Snowden has landed in Russia" should not be important enough to the HN community to warrant first-page placement for the better part of 12 hours. If there's meaningful debate as to the ramifications of the NSA and big data, sure, but most of the content hasn't been political or insightful so much as breaking.