I was wondering what made HN special, aside from its user community. The simplicity and self-governance model are atop that list.

In other words, what if HN was a subreddit? There is actually a parallel one already set up: https://www.reddit.com/r/hackernews/

nothing weird about HN

it's perfect

I've always found the indentation being done by a gif kind of weird. But hey, it works.

it's because it was created like this 15 years ago, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it

I wish every website followed this rule