[0] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
These all died in obscurity. This blog post by contrast had a catchy title that HN actually engaged with, and as such is measurably superior.
Blame dang & co, for making forum software in which blogspam is the only way to add comment or meaningfully add context and editorialize. (Since blogspam is officially discouraged I’d say the software is not fit for purpose.)
I doubt they died "of natural causes".
It's not HN's fault that the enemy is huge and yields great influence.