[lmm]

HN itself has wider text and smaller fonts than my site. So it should be in line with what the HN readership (taken as a whole) likes. (Yes, I see more complaints than compliments, but that's always to be expected)

Visual disabilities are an argument for having a font size consistent with the rest of the web and a site where browser zoom works, not for making your text larger than the rest of the web.

[herval]

If you always see more complaints than compliments, why not trying to change and see if the audience reacts better?

[lmm]

Because I see the same thing for any site posted to HN, no matter what the design is. So I don't think it's evidence of anything.