- Why was HN created, and/or what is the guiding purpose behind changes?
- Why do people come here?
The former can really only be answered by pg. I'd guess he finds it somehow useful for YC proper. It gives a combination of PR (not quite the right term, but the best I can think of) for YC and a source of information on part of the applicant pool. Again, only a guess. It's also entirely possible that pg just wants to create a good community.
I can give my perspective on the latter. I come here because the quality of the frontpage links tends to be pretty high, and the (median) quality of the comments is even higher.
- Why was HN created, and/or what is the guiding purpose behind changes?
- Why do people come here?
The former can really only be answered by pg. I'd guess he finds it somehow useful for YC proper. It gives a combination of PR (not quite the right term, but the best I can think of) for YC and a source of information on part of the applicant pool. Again, only a guess. It's also entirely possible that pg just wants to create a good community.
I can give my perspective on the latter. I come here because the quality of the frontpage links tends to be pretty high, and the (median) quality of the comments is even higher.