I'm starting to think that I'm reading Digg here. Please reassure me. Where is the value?
HN is very easy to shill vote up on own posts though, and I suggest thats what is happening here. A large part of its quality came from its obscurity.
It's becoming famous and its time to make a new one.
The quality aspect comes from the people who participate on here, not its obscurity.
BTW, stories about a large company getting hacked is relevant to a site called Hacker News.
> It's becoming famous and its time to make a new one.
You joined less than a month ago, and you have a karma average of 1.59. You do realize that you are part of the influx of people who are bringing down the quality of the site? Pot, kettle, yadda, yadda...