<s>
Hacker	B-Application
News	I-Application
(	O
sometimes	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
HN	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
social	O
news	O
website	O
focusing	O
on	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
and	O
entrepreneurship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	O
hacker	B-Application
in	O
"	O
Hacker	B-Application
News	I-Application
"	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
its	O
original	O
meaning	O
and	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
hacker	B-Application
culture	O
which	O
consists	O
of	O
people	O
who	O
enjoy	O
tinkering	O
with	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
project	O
of	O
Graham	O
's	O
company	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
,	O
functioning	O
as	O
a	O
real-world	O
application	O
of	O
the	O
Arc	B-Operating_System
programming	I-Operating_System
language	I-Operating_System
which	O
Graham	O
co-developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
Graham	O
stepped	O
away	O
from	O
his	O
leadership	O
role	O
at	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
,	O
leaving	O
Hacker	B-Application
News	I-Application
administration	O
in	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
other	O
staff	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gackle	O
co-moderated	O
Hacker	B-Application
News	I-Application
with	O
Scott	O
Bell	O
(	O
username	O
sctb	O
)	O
until	O
2019	O
when	O
Bell	O
stopped	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
intention	O
was	O
to	O
recreate	O
a	O
community	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
Reddit	B-Application
where	O
new	O
users	O
can	O
immediately	O
both	O
upvote	O
and	O
downvote	O
content	O
,	O
Hacker	B-Application
News	I-Application
does	O
not	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
downvote	O
content	O
until	O
they	O
have	O
accumulated	O
501	O
"	O
karma	O
"	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graham	O
stated	O
he	O
hopes	O
to	O
avoid	O
the	O
Eternal	B-Application
September	I-Application
that	O
results	O
in	O
the	O
general	O
decline	O
of	O
intelligent	O
discourse	O
within	O
a	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
2013	O
TechCrunch	O
article	O
:	O
"	O
Graham	O
says	O
that	O
Hacker	B-Application
News	I-Application
gets	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
complaints	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
bias	O
toward	O
featuring	O
stories	O
about	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
startups	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
says	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
such	O
bias	O
.	O
</s>
