I disagree, let me explain, I understand why you say that, certainly the topics are interesting and the comments too, but everything is else is catered to a very specific niche. If you want to go after that segment then great, but if you want to be read by a wider part of the public you would do well in avoiding that style. Dense,verbose, humorless,faux-authoritative(I know the guys is a MD, but that gives him expertise at best on medical issues). I suspect your typical HN reader may like it, but for the rest of the population? Not so much.r/SneerClub in reddit can be mean most of the time, but from time to time they hit the nail on the head with its criticism of SSC.