App.net and Hacker News: A love story

I'd love to hear people's thoughts on why people on HN will read and upvote literally (as far as I can tell) any story about app.net.

Is it A. People really do yearn for people to pay for their software B. People love a good story, and since nothing has REALLY happened with app.net (besides getting crowd-funded) people want to add to the currently compelling narrative or C. Something else

Thoughts?