[karlakush]

For me, the biggest feature is the lack of ads. Well except for the job postings, which I strongly suspect are unlabeled ads.

[saagarjha]

They're job ads from YC companies, as mentioned in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

[LunaSea]

You're joking, right? On tech topics, every third comment is somebody pointing to their company. Sometimes they mention it and sometimes not but it's still advertisement. Not even talking about people spamming their site.

[pbhjpbhj]

We have ads here, they just have to be carefully crafted infomercials with a high payoff for the advertisee, enough that it could not be an ad ...

[TeMPOraL]

Basically, "Mission. Fucking. Accomplished." - https://xkcd.com/810/.