Ask HN: Why the Href Inconsistency?

At the top of the HN front page the &#x27;Y&#x27; logo links to &#x27;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x27;, but the &#x27;Hacker News&#x27; title links to &#x27;news&#x27; (expanded to https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;news). Why is that?<p>From the page source:<p>* &#x27;Y&#x27; logo - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;y18.gif&quot; width=&quot;18&quot; height=&quot;18&quot; style=&quot;border:1px white solid;&quot;&gt;&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;<p>* &#x27;Hacker News&#x27; title - &lt;a href=&quot;news&quot;&gt;Hacker News&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;