As it is now, the HN changes are communicated by people who observed them, from whom these are then spread in a gossip-like way throughout the community. This leads to many time-wasting discussions, here is the latest which I had to endure:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13436538

The continuing lack of transparency at HN is quite annoying. While I see some value in intransparent ranking mechanisms (so it's not too easy to game them), all other changes in software and moderation rules should be communicated publicly and visibly.

I'm thinking of something like a status page or a blog, low traffic, with RSS/Atom feed. For example, I like the "GitHub / ship" blog where I can follow their development, except that an HN version could leave out the advertisement speak without losing anything. (https://github.com/blog/category/ship)