Not just #1. Right now, it has 863 upvotes; that&#x27;s a <i>ton</i> for a story that broke in the middle of the night on a Sunday. The next highest has 347, and has been around for a day-plus. This pretty clearly hits home for a lot of people, and I really, really hate the faux-above-it-all &quot;I don&#x27;t see what this is doing on HN&quot; mini-modding. It&#x27;s here because people believe it should be here.<p>(edit: 899 points, 18 minutes later. <i>wheeeee</i>)