http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=748880
this trend for a while. Some suggested fixes
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=748933
like a Hacker News Canon are good ideas that could be implemented much like searchyc.com, as totally separate projects.
I propose a solution, for consideration by the community:
"If you're posting to inform us of the existence of something, assume we already know."
Don't post a link to arduino.cc.
Maybe post a link to a fairly ordinary Arduino project.
Do post a link to an innovative new prototyping framework or exceptional new project.
Do post a link to your own Arduino project.
Don't post a link to a programming language's home page.
Maybe post a link to an article about a language.
Do post a link to the home page of a newly released language.
Do post a link to your own code or experience with the language.
We already know about rasterbator, Io, and Arduino. C'mon. We're hackers.
( anyway, I offer this as an idea for potential adoption by HN, not as a criticism; at the moment, a LOT of submissions seem to be of the "Whoa, I stumbled across a cool X!" class. That seems, at first blush, like a good recipe; in practice, I think it leads to more reddit-ish submissions than HN-ish, particularly as HN grows. )