I don't think it would be good. I think if there's reason for a niche, starting a clone is a better idea. In fact, that's already been done, like with https://

I don't think it would be good. I think if there's reason for a niche, starting a clone is a better idea. In fact, that's already been done, like with https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/ I think that all forums degrade when there's more users. When people with a passing interest in a topic start bleeding in and leaving uninformed comments, that's kind of the beginning of the end for quality. Also, we're always talking about the "small web," and this is a great example of how to keep it smaller.