What's stopping HN going the way of Reddit/Digg/Slashdot?
noodle: the quick and dirty answer is the userbase.  it doesn't, at least right now, turn into digg/reddit/slashdot because the people who want to see a digg/reddit/slashdot are already at digg/reddit/slashdot.the community here likes how things are and has a vested interest in keeping HN like it is.  so thats what they do, try and push out the bad where they can and promote the good.