> There is a reason HN is still alive. Dang’s salary? HN is the only forum I can think of where not only are the economic incentives between users and owners

> There is a reason HN is still alive. Dang’s salary? HN is the only forum I can think of where not only are the economic incentives between users and owners mostly aligned but there’s a paid moderator who is part of the community (as opposed to the faceless moderation teams of Twitter/Facebook/etc). All the forums I loved died mostly because of owners shutting them down or giving up on moderation but YMMV