Thought I’d rescue this from a subthread because it’s a pretty remarkable point: much like YC effectively collectively bargains for founders/companies, HN is (by dint of massive distribution) tech’s most reliable cross-company ombudsman.https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1103543233777295360 …
I think it's the density factor: decisionmakers and people who are one hop from decisionmakers concentrate there, and tastemakers (&tc) concentrate there, and therefore there is outsized leverage, in the same way Twitter storms leverage the traditional news media.