Who said HN is a business? I never said that, you seem to be reading between lines, words I didn't write. To reiterate, you asked if HN is funded by ads. I responded that HN is an ad (an ad, not a business), and furthermore often contains overt ads. And I never said anything about Twitter/Facebook/Reddit at all.

Anyway, if you want to argue with the version of me that exists in your imagination, you obviously don't need the real me here for it. So peace out.