I don't know whether you've been paying much attention to some of the threads lately but HN is trying to maintain a particular feel. It's huge publicity that begins to erode HN and turn it into something that many of us would rather avoid.

"Huge publicity"... but it's already publicly advertised in many places, many big names are blogging/twittering about it, did you really expect everyone to ignore it? If it's got such a good feel to it, why can't everyone else get in on that? So far all I've seen is elitism, both in comments I'm reading and the replies to my own (first) comment. Hackers aren't supposed to like elitism. We're supposed to promote the sharing of knowledge, information, freely and openly, you know... because that's how the world should be. Or so we say. But I haven't seen that here. I've seen the typical elitist social community, with the people who've been here "longer" running the show aside from the admin.

Decided to end my thought there, it was running a little long...

I wouldn't normally say this, but your case is extreme.

Perhaps you should have an account longer than an hour before you lecture me about the effects of this issue on the community.

How did I know you'd pull that card instead of just letting it go? It's so easy to pull that card, isn't it? Long time reader, first time poster. Please don't judge a book by it's hour-old cover.