On: News.YC faster (plus new traffic stats)

[yters]

Besides the excellent moderation, another huge contributor is that instead of being a generic medium for posting articles and discussion, like slashdot, HN is founded on pg, in a sense. His ethos is the site's ethos.

[mixmax → yters]

yes - but without the cult-like persona following that often arises in situations like these.

Which both he and us probably thinks is good.

[andreyf → mixmax]

without the cult-like persona following

To be fair, maybe a little cult-like persona following...

[captainobvious → andreyf]

Are you trying to get excommunicated?