Maybe, though it would quickly transform into something other than being HN-focused since it would be hard to keep conversations in a chat room revolving around

Maybe, though it would quickly transform into something other than being HN-focused since it would be hard to keep conversations in a chat room revolving around a wide variety of news stories. Not that that would be a bad thing, but it might be better to create a server around technology that's aimed at the interests of HN and let the users drive it from there.