It has as much to do with the community it attracts as the articles themselves. Every social news site has it's unspoken core values that can't be parsed out (

It has as much to do with the community it attracts as the articles themselves. Every social news site has it's unspoken core values that can't be parsed out (easily :) with a script. HN has it's libertarians, reddit has it's contrarian only-I-took-the-red-pill mentality, and 4chan has its poop and kiddieporn. Go against the respective grain, and get ostracized.