>HN has been consistently contrarian. That’s about all that you can say without quickly becoming mistaken.
until recently. Just like reddit, it has become less niche and more mainstream. For eg: HN majority opinion on covid's origin. It matched the official US govt lines as it switched back and forth between market and lab.
>>quetzt+(OP)
Presumably, HN will turn into reddit, but nobody will believe it's happening because people have been predicting it's turning into reddit for over a decade.