[markmccraw]

Not to spoil the fun, but isn't this the sort of stuff that leads down the slippery slope to reddit's front page? I understand that this affects large numbers of HN users, but so do lots of things that are very far from the tech/business/coding core of this site. Besides, there are a million places to go for this info.

[jedberg]

Speaking from experience, yes, yes it is.

[borism]

What is more "tech" than 6-magnitude earthquake in the middle of Virginia!?

Is the only topic permissable here these days another software patent debacle or something?

[sciurus]

Agreed. On HN, does the number of votes for a story affect how hard it is to flag it off the front page?