Hackaday is aimed at makers and hobbyists community with an interest in electronics and microcontrollers. You'll see plenty of 3D printing and Arduinos, but there are some advanced or research papers, too.
They have two very different places:
- hackaday.com - or the blog where Hackaday editors write a small brief about whatever they consider a good subject
- hackaday.io - a place for comunity, where any registered user can publish own projects, or maybe just a sketch or an idea
On the blog (hackaday.com) comments may or may not be moderated, depending on the preference of each editor, the number of links in the message, etc.
In the hackaday blog, usually each article has in its first half a link to the original project, followed at the end by links to other hackaday blog/articles about similar subjects.
I think the rant is more about the state of the western society in general and the makers community in special, but if you look at similar makers projects, for example at instructables.com, you'll see hackaday is quite decent on their blogged topics, and the community projects from the hackaday.io are not as simple as the projects from instructables.com.
Again, Hackaday is aimed at enthusiasts, makers and hobbyists. Would be childish to get upset in the comments for why a newborn doesn't solder like a pro.

However, Hackaday is always taking suggestions for what to write in their next article. If you know about an interesting project, or about a possible topic you want them to write about, please click in the blog page on "SUBMIT" and let them know at
https://hackaday.com/submit-a-tip/Disclaimer:
I'm not working for Hackaday, but I posted on hackaday.io some of my projects (or some draft ideas of projects), a couple of them even landed as articles in the Hackaday.com. Was quite a surprise!
