I think that if you examine the meta on HN dispassionately you'll see it's actually a very good reason. It often gets couched in different language, but a grea

I think that if you examine the meta on HN dispassionately you'll see it's actually a very good reason. It often gets couched in different language, but a great deal of HNers have a large dislike of HN because of either groupthink or mainstream-aversion.