[orestes910]

I'm glad someone else mentioned it. Thought it might just be my imagination.

[radicaldreamer]

hacker news is more mainstream than ever, so this is to be expected

[ArrayList]

HN is not really that mainstream at all.

NYT is a quality journalism outlet, obviously not every article is amazing, but if enough people upvote it, it gets to the front page. It's not some big conspiracy.