Hacker News
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About
Hacker News is a social news aggregator run by Y Combinator focused on technology, startups, and topics of intellectual interest. Users submit links and text posts which are then ranked by upvotes from the community. It features comment threads for discussion on each submission.
Problem
Tech-savvy users need a curated, community-driven source of interesting technology and startup news without noise.
For
software developers, entrepreneurs, and technically-minded readers
How it works
Users submit links or text posts, the community upvotes them, and stories are ranked on a front page with threaded comment discussions.
Business model
free
Status
launched
Company
Y Combinator
Launched
Feb 2007