&gt;<i>Anyone else barely sees the light of day, and get downvoted to smithereens.</i><p>Hey look, you&#x27;re down-voted.<p>I agree.  Look at some of the &quot;top-posters&quot; on the HN scoreboard.  Much of their commentary is tepid oatmeal that panders to the &quot;easy&quot; things that HN likes.<p>&gt;<i>HN = most elitist comment</i><p>I&#x27;m not sure I agree with &quot;elitist&quot;, but there&#x27;s definitely a <i>thing</i>, which is well defined by things like &quot;Shit HN says&quot;.