Cool. Can we get the story on this? Is it done by a human, e.g. will it stop working for a week while said editor is on vacation? Is it auto-generated by vote count? Details please.
[edit] I have to assume it's an editorial thing, since the summaries couldn't be auto-selected like that, I don't think.
Yes human. I summarize articles I find most interesting and would be of interest to the HN community as a whole. As long as I'm up-voted then I'll keep doing it.
I've thought about that. If I see interesting comments I may work it into the summary with a citation. My first choice would be to direct people back to HN for the article discussion.
[edit] I have to assume it's an editorial thing, since the summaries couldn't be auto-selected like that, I don't think.
[edit 2] dschobel beat me to the question.