Frankly, I find that 'social media' design awful. The design encourages doom scrolling, discourages comments, and the information density is so low to make the site frustrating to use.
I think the current HN 'design' is a large part of the appeal to this site and the specific target audience.
And clicking on the rules:
"Rule 5 - You don’t have to use your real name to use Birbla, but don’t impersonate an individual or an entity in a misleading or deceptive manner."
You can't make rules. The content and moderation is from Hackernews.