There are lots of places for general-purpose news. I think HN's strength is in specializing. However, what are you really proposing? How is the topic list enfo

There are lots of places for general-purpose news. I think HN's strength is in specializing. However, what are you really proposing? How is the topic list enforced? What does PG think? If you intend to use after-the-fact methods like complaining to people who post offtopic stuff, that's just going to make things unpleasant.