Because many of us think simonw has discerning taste on this topic and like to read what he has to say about it, so we upvote his comments.

At a guess that's because my comment attracted more up-votes than the other top-level comments in the thread.

I generally try to include something in a comment that's not information already under discussion - in this case that was the link and quote from the original README.

They aren't pinned, people just vote on them, and more so because simonw is a recognizable name with lots of posts and comments.

HN goes through phases. I remember when patio11 was the star of the hour on here. At another time it was that security guy (can't remember his name).

And for those who think it's just organic with all of the upvotes, HN absolutely does have a +/- comment bias for users, and it does automatically feature certain people and suppress others.

Time flies and simonw his AI feedback isn't always received favorably, sometimes he pushes it too much.

thanks for reminding me i need to follow his blog weekly again