This is also my hope. I think 'slim' sites like HN really show that you do not need a lot of hardware to run a forum. When you own a forum you can preserve th

This is also my hope. I think 'slim' sites like HN really show that you do not need a lot of hardware to run a forum. When you own a forum you can preserve the knowledge indefinitely, even if the forum is taken offline. Reddit can close down your subreddit just because, they own it.