Your post is just masturbation. You don't really need to write this comment, informing us of your opinion on this topic. But you do. Because you'd like some karma, and some recognition.
Only slightly sarcastic, but not everything has be to worrying about money.
I disagree: HN discussions are discussions, not blogs. The primary motivation for posting something here is to engage in a conversation. It's a very different form of writing as compared to blogging, for example. Running a blog is like running a 2nd business (in addition to your primary startup) - i.e. you have to spend a lot of time not just writing, but getting traction, promoting it, etc. Of course that would be a distraction for S&L, since building a search engine (not getting blog traction) was their goal.
Only slightly sarcastic, but not everything has be to worrying about money.