{
  "apiVersion": "v0.1",
  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/hacker-news/",
  "source": {
    "slug": "hacker-news",
    "name": "Hacker News",
    "domain": "news.ycombinator.com",
    "category": "Tech News",
    "summary": "Y Combinator-run tech link aggregator since 2007; community-curated, no editorial layer.",
    "founded": 2007,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
    "methodologyVersion": "v0.1"
  },
  "scores": {
    "index": {
      "value": 66,
      "grade": "C",
      "rationale": "C — high-velocity tech-discovery channel; aggregator with no editorial Discipline layer.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "Discipline 50 + Modern Reference 70 + Velocity 78."
        }
      ]
    },
    "discipline": {
      "value": 50,
      "grade": "D",
      "rationale": "Aggregator with no editorial fact-check; comments unmoderated for accuracy; flag-based community moderation.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "No editorial layer",
          "detail": "Submissions are external links; community votes; no editorial verification."
        }
      ]
    },
    "modernReference": {
      "value": 70,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Open data API (Firebase); structured metadata per submission; full-text indexed.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Public API",
          "detail": "hacker-news.firebaseio.com provides programmatic access to all submissions + comments."
        }
      ]
    },
    "velocity": {
      "value": 78,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Default tech-discovery channel; tier-1 tech-press monitor HN front page daily.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Tech-discovery default",
          "detail": "Front-page submissions surface in Bloomberg, FT, NYT tech-news cycles."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "license": {
    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
  }
}