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by glimshe 1054 days ago
GIFs require too much work, nowadays you only get a reaction - if you are lucky!

Usenet was also niche and technical in the beginning, but that changed over time. Maybe the answer is multifaceted; Hacker News is a bit ugly, has a large percentage of technical users, strong moderation and lack of "low effort" features such as inline images, GIF libraries, reactions etc.