Comment by bitcharmer

I have been here for over 5 years and sadly have to agree with OP. HN's content is very heavily moderated up to a point where the front page contains only dang-approved items.

If you don't believe me - here's a quick experiment.

1. Find an article in the new section that is getting really popular

2. Observe as it either gets taken down from the front page or never makes it there even though it beats other submissions in popularity.

3. Ask dang how it's possible that this submission never made it to the front page. He'll say it was a moderation mistake [0].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26894047