I find the HN structure very effective in following discussions and it is really the same structure that the author creates, just spread vertically instead of h

I find the HN structure very effective in following discussions and it is really the same structure that the author creates, just spread vertically instead of horizontally. Has anyone used this for their company internal discussions? I'm keen on giving it a try. I've even grabbed the last published HN source code to give this a try.