1. It takes only 1 hour for a post to disappear from the “New” page. Inevitable for a news site. 2. The Point system sets the wrong incentives Most people see

1. It takes only 1 hour for a post to disappear from the “New” page. Inevitable for a news site. 2. The Point system sets the wrong incentives Most people seem to be in it for the points. This could happen, but I haven't seen many signs of it. Personally, I try to avoid making comments that might get a negative karma score, but I don't much care how high a positive score I get. IMO The points system works well; I especially like the way that negative karma posts are 'named and shamed'. 3. There is no way to search This is a reasonable point. 4. Using HN as a discussion forum doesn’t work. Ask and Tell HN threads appear frequently, so this doesn't seem to be a problem. And I find the discussions on HN to be excellent. 5. There is no way to revive old discussions IMO, this is a good thing for HN. It prevents it turning into a traditional web forum - not that web forums are a bad thing, they just tend to be more insular, and there's more of a split between regulars and newcomers.