Comment by beachy

Downvoted but true.

HN's pedestrian design makes for a much better experience.

- no flair for usernames - means people concentrate on the message not the messenger

- no visible karma for anyone but the top few - means people don't spend (as much) time karma whoring

- limited formatting, no images or video - increases the value and import of the written word

- no sharing, or @user referencing - means posts live and die more by their merit rather than brigading or other shenanigans