The Rise of Hacker News Is Bad News for the Tech World authors website then proceeds to crumble because of traffic HN brings to said article. The irony is too m

The Rise of Hacker News Is Bad News for the Tech World authors website then proceeds to crumble because of traffic HN brings to said article. The irony is too much to bear. Is this an April Fools joke or is the article serious? This is equivalent of saying, "The rise of organic farming is bad for non-organic farmers" or "The rise of solar panels is bad for the petroleum industry" or "Reddit is bad for Chrome and Firefox because it competes with bookmarks" it's all highly subjective and biased — it's hard to take articles that essentially say X is bad because of Y or I hate X because of Y seriously, especially when they don't even make a valid argument or back up their claims with an ounce of credible and non-biased evidence. If it weren't for Hacker News I honestly wouldn't know what is going on half the time. You can't get the type of news and useful resources you come across on a daily basis on HN anywhere else in my opinion. /r/programming on Reddit might come close, but HN to me is always the penultimate resource for tech news relating to not only programming but investment, startups and other industries I wouldn't generally go searching for like biotech, medical research and other various areas of tech you would normally have to read several sites on to get. Plus, you can't deny Show HN is also a great way for people to showcase cool things they've made as well. I've come across some great projects and resources in the years I've been using the site via Show HN alone.