Provided HN was meant to be a non-discriminatory democracy, but it to my knowledge was not. Any news site not systematically filtering content to suit a specific, targeted demographic will sooner or later inevitably converge against Digg (or die like the usenet).

It's interesting looking at his code (http://github.com/cloudhead/less.js/blob/master/dist/less-1....). It's clear, well described, and ambitious.

Of course they do. That's the problem with democracies. They all turn into a cesspit of idiocy unless you keep control.