It doesn't, not even close. I think it has a hit rate of about 1 in 50 for me personally? This is because the source is HN which isn't a community I like, whereas for SN it is a community I like. So yeah, @sn > @hn, for me.

optimism

services that either help stackers or put (presumably) good content in the spotlight with some 50% hit/miss rate

 to you? If something is a top item for one hour on Hacker News, it cannot be presumed to be good content with some X% hit/miss rate? I assume X is negotiable?

devs

Creepy crawlies

Scoresby

> services that either help stackers or put (presumably) good content in the spotlight with some 50% hit/miss rate

This definition does not apply to @hn to you? If something is a top item for one hour on Hacker News, it cannot be presumed to be good content with some X% hit/miss rate? I assume X is negotiable?