What's stopping HN going the way of Reddit/Digg/Slashdot?
pg: I don't think it's as hard to keep a site from sliding as one might think from the examples of previous sites where things went downhill as they got more popular.  Slashdot, Digg, and Reddit were all companies. They wanted to grow.  Whereas News.YC is a side project.  We don't care about growth. It's much easier to do things to keep up the quality when you're willing to sacrifice growth.