I sometimes think it's a shame Hacker News isn't an independent startup separate from YC (or rather has to at some point turn a profit so motives for it to impr

I sometimes think it's a shame Hacker News isn't an independent startup separate from YC (or rather has to at some point turn a profit so motives for it to improve are there). I know the MOOC is coming (?) but there are lots of things you could do with the social graph or even providing an Oauth API where you can have applications that access the interactions you have on here.