Introducing NonHackerNews.com

I'm noticing that some of the comments are one-worded or just off-topic drivel. Either there should be a stringent culture of down-modding those comments or moderators should actively communicate with those users and discourage that behavior. It's better to set the bar a little high at the beginning than too low since the level of discourse will inevitably decrease as more people join.

This should be combined with nickb's new mogul. While I've enjoyed reading both sites, we don't need two HN splinters.

<i>... rather than complain, I decided to do something about it and ...</i><p>Now this is an example I will try to follow.

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Matt, most of the stories on NonHackerNews.com could be on HN with no issues. So I don't get it. Why do you want to splinter a community you've helped build and maintain one of the top accounts with? Why name it NonHackerNews and not RandomSocialNews.com or LightlyModeratedSocialDiscussion.com? I don't see what this new site has to do with HN at all (besides you)<p>It's like I've stumbled upon bizaro Friday.

This is it. Stupid dotcom bubble has begun again. This time, when a social networking site took off, others will try to make social networking creating a social networking, hence: myspace/facebook/whatever --&#62; ning. digg/reddit --&#62; slinkset.<p>The world is in need of fresh ideas!