I'm pretty sure it's a joke.
(Happy April 1st!)
I generally avoid Reddit these days, except occasionally dipping into the VR sub-reddits. The level of stupidity, entitlement, and general melodrama is ludicrous.
It's like when you're subjected to the nonsense of a person who's become accustomed to being the smartest person in a dumb room.
HN is just a smarter room. Like Reddit 10 years ago. We should defend that.
(I just lament a slight lack of light-heartedness!)