> is the difference simply...because it's voice? I am not sure if you have seen the difference from communication via text only vs. voice/video. (ex: work or r

> is the difference simply...because it's voice? I am not sure if you have seen the difference from communication via text only vs. voice/video. (ex: work or relationships). The later clears so much misunderstandings. For those who choose not to talk or ask questions, you can just listen in. But instead of a tube of biased information fueled by an AI algorithm (most social media today), you get to have a diverse group of people (up to 5k and expanding) all in one room, each able to participate. It is a two-way real-time dialogue, like in a conference panel discussion or an university class where the professor is lecturing, but also facilitating discussion among students. ex: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=harvard+justice https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=harvard+justice As for the invite only and tech oriented people, it is done for now to cope with bandwidth due to server limitations and also to have content quality control. It will be open to all eventually, they are still figuring it out. HN is an example of the complexities of moderation to maintain quality. Of course the human brain is going to be naturally biased and the development of content recommendations will eventually led to the same tribal mentality problem, but this is to be seen on how the creators moderate the platform to avoid the disasters from the past.