[almaslaah]

Both of those things were not only known about by hacker newsers but spoken about a lot (a lot!) They were sometimes dismissed for very petulant reasons, "fb is just a php site" etc.

I think an amusing piece of investment advice to consider is to do the opposite of whatever the sentiment about a paticular asset is on hacker news.

How did they talk about Snap in 2018? Twitter in 2017?

Generally, people on hacker news do not really know anything other than what a server is etc. Hacker Newsers are also made up of the sort people that fall victim to Authority Bias most frequently. If you want to spot good investments you have to think for yourself. You have to make the decision. If you are prepared to do that you already have an unfair advantage. But, if you are wrong, you are wrong.

To answer your question more directly... Have a reliable stream of information (reuters deals) as your core...then it is up to you.