Comment by hypfer

I mean this _is_ HN after all. That is the core mindset that is being pushed here. Y Combinator is a startup accelerator.

It is just called "hacker" news because it's a nice sounding name. Not because it would actually be news for hackers nor because it would actually be culturally adjacent to hacker culture.

Though, those aforementioned hackers still do seem to occasionally hang out here regardless. Probably some weird case of masochism.