Amost everything is interesting to hackers, we're a curious open-minded bunch by nature. But notice the guideline says "good hackers", implying an expectation of posts and discussions of a deeply technical and analytical nature. Rants about day-to-day annoyances need not apply.
Also, HN can't be a site about everything, or it becomes a site about nothing, no different from any other news aggregator out there.
The theme of tech and startups and stuff directly related to them (like legal issues) needs to be enforced, and is.
Mind candy posts like this get unthinking upvotes, and that is exacerbated b/c unlike reddit, you can't un-upvote after you've thought better of it. Hence the mods cull posts like this, and the community flags it to help the mods catch it.
Also, HN can't be a site about everything, or it becomes a site about nothing, no different from any other news aggregator out there.
The theme of tech and startups and stuff directly related to them (like legal issues) needs to be enforced, and is.
Mind candy posts like this get unthinking upvotes, and that is exacerbated b/c unlike reddit, you can't un-upvote after you've thought better of it. Hence the mods cull posts like this, and the community flags it to help the mods catch it.