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Past attempts to fork it with newmogul.com (nickb) and nonhackernews.com (mattmaroon) didn't work: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/ycombinator.com+newmogul.co

• tokenadult 18y ago
  I like New Mogul well enough, and am learning which submissions to prefer to send there and which to post to HN. I learned about nonhackernews.com from your post, so thanks for the information, and now I'll see if that site will fit some of my desire for online discussion with smart people who discuss topics that don't fit well here on HN.
• biohacker42 18y ago
  Ah yes, but those were attempt to fork the non-HN crowd away from HN. No one should be surprised that doesn't work. it's the old timers that are dissatisfied with the new crowd not the other way around. Forking away the hackers works, reddit did it to slashdot, proggit to reddit, HN to proggit and reddit.
  • ntoshev 18y ago
    I didn't say forking inherently doesn't work. Both nickb and mattmaroon are old timers who wanted to create valuable communities themselves, not just to create distractions and attract a lesser crowd or something.