TL;DR: HN, or to be exact Graham and YC have (big financial) interests and views on this industry, which can lead to a conflict of interests with HN as a (neutr

TL;DR: HN, or to be exact Graham and YC have (big financial) interests and views on this industry, which can lead to a conflict of interests with HN as a (neutral) news aggregator, which encourages discussion. While this is only a theoretical flaw and with a transparent and open site this is not a problem, the moderation is intransparent and harsh and there are reported casues, where users get banned, because their opinions interfere with Graham's/YC's. Besides this, HN has also technical flaws and sees little to no development/innovation. He proposes some systems and functions, who would improve HN. Though at the end he would like to see a P2P based, better, version of HN Disclaimer: While some of his points are exaggerated and he is kinda harsh to some persons, I agree on the gist of his article