There is a form of curation on HN and "editorial judgment" on HN and that's in the points a post has. A closer approximation of a newspaper would be possible by looking at the points of a post and maybe comparing that to other posts and then sizing headlines appropriately based on how "important" the HN community sees a given story.
TheSpiceIsLife|1 year ago
That's probably closer to the editors choice in the context of HN.
nimbusega|1 year ago
tessierashpool|1 year ago