That's true, but it's a tradeoff. Something also gets lost when everything is spelled out. This has never been the way that HN works. Part of the assumption that readers are smart enough to figure things out is that they also need to work a little: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
There's another aspect too: everyone misses a lot of interesting and/or important stories. Even the few who are paid to stare at HN all day. There's too much coming through at all hours. It doesn't make sense to try to avoid that, because it's impossible.
Sure, there are advantages and disadvantages of any course of action.
You're under no obligation to satisfy me! I was just offering my point of view in hopes that you find it informative, so that you can take it into account in the future when you're thinking about how to change the way that HN works.
There's another aspect too: everyone misses a lot of interesting and/or important stories. Even the few who are paid to stare at HN all day. There's too much coming through at all hours. It doesn't make sense to try to avoid that, because it's impossible.
I'm sure this is a highly unsatisfactory answer!