You just triggered a thought: Reddit originally had that goal. And was self-sustaining, basically funded by users. This has all changed, and that's all I wan

You just triggered a thought: Reddit originally had that goal. And was self-sustaining, basically funded by users. This has all changed, and that's all I want to make for a point here. (why is another discussion) HN isn't self-sustaining that I know of, though it's also not needing to make it's users into products too. So, is there a middle ground? Take the HN code base, clone it, and enable these discussion norms? We have amazing moderators here. Wise. That's needed too, or the outcome is something we will see elsewhere, and that's by definition, not what we have here. How to fund that? Need hosting, moderator or two, and what else? Maybe not too much. So maybe it won't take that much money either. I would find any experiment along these lines both something I would want to participate in as well as very interesting to observe, depending on my role, and the nature of the discussion focus.