[glifchits]

I agree with pretty much all that you're saying (I like the hosted scripts idea a lot). However, I can't help but wonder whether HN should care about all this. Does the lack of these features (which, I argue, is about convenience) really hurt the community? Or is it a filter such that only high-quality users will be motivated to trudge on through all the inconvenience?

Given that HN is (probably?) not a revenue source for YC, these kinds of feature wishlists have very different implications, and the relationship between YC and HN users is very different than it would be for reddit/online communities.

[lobster_johnson]

As someone who uses HN every day, I would say that usability concerns are as valid for HN as they are for any other site.

Whether it's a priority for YC, well — considering the lo-fi implementation (not sure if it's a myth or if Paul Graham truly intended this as a strategy to avoid attracting the great unwashed as some people have claimed), probably not.