I came (still use it) from another zap place called ZapRead. ZapRead is still active and some people still using it but main problem with that platform is that development is stopped (maybe because dev is busy doing something else) + it lacks from a well designed growth plan and a proper social media presence.

I think that places like ZapRead and even SN could make good use of a nicely designed Growth plan.

Example: Twitter is a great place to spread the word for FREE about SN as a nice alternative to Reddit and using data like this one to write super engaging posts could help a lot attracting fresh blood here yet, no post was made about it. @kr @k00b

Stacker News needs dev time but also some nice growth and social plan to encourage some other people to join and enjoy what´s done here.