The key point is that the site is named "Hacker News" and not "Apple news". Of course i understand how the site works, but if you can't see the total disproportion of apple news vs. the rest of it world, then i don't know.
In general, if Steve Jobs farts, there will be more then one link on the "New" page from which 1-2 are getting to the frontpage.
The point is, that when Sony releases a new notebook or MP3 player of mobile phone, no story will be here. If it's from Apple, several stories will be here + Stories about the stories and blog posts with one persons feelings about the story.
I already figured that the most people on Hacker News use Macs (from the photo thread of peoples workplaces many had Macs).
When i compare the numbers of how much Apple is mentioned versus the rest... look for yourself (taken from google search results):
Apple: 8070
Steve Jobs: 1030
iPhone: 5880
iPad: 2730
Microsoft: 4280
Steve Ballmer: 150
Bill Gates: 347
Microsoft Courier: 181
Nexus One: 326
Motorola Droid: 271
Vaio: 313
Xperia: 5
Now look at the market: Most Computers are PCs with Windows, most phones are not iPhones. You don't see the disproportion, do you?
Also, if you take this story. This is not news, this is just one guy praising Apple, why is this posted here!? Is this some blog aggregator? This is just not news.
As someone who has worked in and out of the news business for over 30 years I can tell you that news is what people are interested in. Hacker News is news that hackers are interested in. If it's getting posted by hackers and getting upvoted by hackers then ...
If you are seeing a lot of Apple posts then maybe, just maybe, it's because there are events and commentary about Apple that the readership of this site are interested in. If Sony (or whatever) isn't getting enough upvotes then maybe, just maybe, no one really cares about that story.
For what it's worth, there are plenty of stories on HN that I'm not especially interested in. Rather than adding irrelevant discussion to a topic I'm not interested in, I simply don't read those articles. I move on and find stories that I _am_ interested in. If there's not enough news to catch my interest, or more possibly to the point, too much news that disagree's with my outlook, then I decide this site isn't for me and go looking for greener pastures...
I already figured that the most people on Hacker News use Macs (from the photo thread of peoples workplaces many had Macs).
When i compare the numbers of how much Apple is mentioned versus the rest... look for yourself (taken from google search results):
Now look at the market: Most Computers are PCs with Windows, most phones are not iPhones. You don't see the disproportion, do you?Also, if you take this story. This is not news, this is just one guy praising Apple, why is this posted here!? Is this some blog aggregator? This is just not news.