Given the helpful replies on things here in these threads by HN people, I think the problem could simply be fixed by using HN karma as a reputation system for s

Given the helpful replies on things here in these threads by HN people, I think the problem could simply be fixed by using HN karma as a reputation system for such a site. We would have a community of supersmart and helpful people with access to lot of specialists in their field. And 3-6 months later, when marketing affiliates are catching up, HN would have its "eternal september" moment and HN would no longer be the place it is now, with upscale and kind questions and answers...