"actively does not care about search engine results. "
Or data -- they tossed a day or so of submissions and comments when restoring from backup, AFAICT. I'm not saying that's a problem; 4chan loses data and works just fine.
That's a poor comparison. Users expect 4chan to lose that same data as part of normal operation anyways, so you can hardly consider it a problem. That's not the case for HN.
Or data -- they tossed a day or so of submissions and comments when restoring from backup, AFAICT. I'm not saying that's a problem; 4chan loses data and works just fine.