[h2odragon]

Ask what the goals are.

They're not, as far as i know, making money such that an unserved client request is a lost opportunity for income.

The stated goals of fostering rational conversations and sharing of knowledge are very likely better served by the implicit throttling of contentious subjects and breaking "news" that everyone wants to talk about all at once.

Had HN been lower latency through the last few days of "OpenAI" media spasms, they might well have collected thousands more comments. Was there much chance those would've added any information or insight to the debates?

[shaneprrlt]

HN is for sure a contribution to the community that they generously provide (and a bit of a recruiting tool for YC no doubt. Perhaps not as much these days since YC is a household name in startup world).

It's not just the inability to post though, it's the inability to even see the existing discourse on a busy day.

[Kye]

These are exactly the situations where the discourse is least interesting and lowest in information.

[shaneprrlt]

How is asking about the architecture of this site least interesting and lowest in information? Your opinion is the least interesting and lowest in information.