[codingdave]

Whether or not it is fair for it to be on you, it still is. Because it is your problem whether or not Medium succeeds, not ours. Even if you are 100% correct, and HN's attitude is completely incorrect and unfair... that don't hurt us none. It does hurt you. (If you care about us as a potential market segment.)

So it is on you because you are the one who needs the brand to be viewed positively.

Specifically, it is on you to put on a product hat, come understand what we feel, why we feel it, and what might make us more interested in your product. Or not. Your company, your choice.

[tonystubblebine]

Fwiw, I didn't say fair. I think we all have the same goal which is that we want the front page of Hacker News to have great links. I've been a community member here since 2007 (geez, that's a long time) and have checked it basically every single day other than the very rare days where I haven't had internet access.

The trope we use for bad articles that used to do well on Medium are "X is dead." They are always written by people who don't have nearly the life experience to call it. But they invite reactions. They do less well now on Medium because we redid our recommendations to have human curators in the loop. I would want the same thing to happen here and I honestly don't understand why a community that is generally so good at boosting high quality articles falls for them.