> During these frenzied moments we almost need a forked HN homepage where the trend of the month is cordoned off to prevent contagion. I wish dang would just d

> During these frenzied moments we almost need a forked HN homepage where the trend of the month is cordoned off to prevent contagion. I wish dang would just disable registration for a week or two when this kind of thing is happening. It attracts low-value commenters who only want to talk about drama, pick fights in the comments, and ban evade. We even have one such commenter in this thread. I'm sure people who actually want to discuss technology would wait until registration is reopened.