I think the startup/IT focus of this site makes it very unattractive for the kind of people that usually make political discussion on pages like r/politics so a

I think the startup/IT focus of this site makes it very unattractive for the kind of people that usually make political discussion on pages like r/politics so annoying. That is the main reason I like talking about politics here occasionally. If we make a separate HN for politics, that advantage is gone and we will have just another r/politics.