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If HN is a conduit for YC, why would HN not want mindshare that reflects what YC wants? For instance, is this post not getting upvotes because it reflects negativly on these internet companies? HN's been around for nearly 20 years. You can check its growth. When you code, you have to comment so any idiot can understand your logic, correct? I do not see why this is not true here. You do not have to do this when you co…
> HN's been around for nearly 20 years. You can check its growth. It was not a comment about "growth". It was a comment about function. Besides, Facebook has been around since 2005. > You do not have to do this when you code You do not have to, you are right. But people who are bad a coding do not do it. https://dev.to/philip-ainberger/the-art-of-code-commenting-3... > Social spaces, whether online or off don't work…
The article's claims, to which you were drawing a parallel, are about growth, not function. Now you're basically saying you're not actually drawing a parallel and the rest of it is very difficult to follow, it reads to me that mostly you want to call HN authoritarian (which, ok, but not very interesting on its own) but for reasons I can't quite put my finger on, you'd prefer not do anything about it - things like, say, proposing an alternative design or sending an email are right out.