John Gruber is a well-read author. Many of his readers frequent Hacker News.
There's a reason he's so well-read, too. His comments are frequently insightful and quickly make sense out of complicated issues. He's been my favorite online writer for years; sometimes he gets petty or partisan, but usually his writing is damned good.
Yes, and I think he hit the nail on the head in this case. HNers can be forgiven for having a bad opinion of Mr. Gruber, though, because his partisan Apple apologetics are usually what show up here. As a long-time HN reader I thought he was just a... well, to put it politely, an unpaid and especially passionate Apple PR flack, until I got more into the Apple world and ended up reading his better stuff.
It's a linked list item and most of them are short quotes and comments that encourage the reader to follow the link for more. Usually the DF links posted to HN are the longer star posts.
The entire content of the submitted article is: "[T]he vast majority of Galaxy S II users are not technically savvy, have no idea what “Ice Cream Sandwich” is, and, most importantly, would totally freak out if they OK’d an over-the-air software update that completely changed the entire UI of their phone."
That's 254 characters. Two Tweets. It's obvious Gruber enjoys special attention and the HN community does not judge submissions on individual merit.
