[dang]

No, it's because the topic has become the same flamewar, endlessly repeated, and those are off topic for HN.

If you look at /lists at the bottom of the page, there's something called /active which is sort of backdoor into (mostly) flamewar land. It's the kind of thing you like if you like that kind of thing.

[oneplane]

That makes more sense, thanks. I suppose that's also why I don't really look in there that often, but now that it's described as flamewar central I can put a label on the 'why'.