I think it's interesting how many people make "better" versions of HN. Without exception none of these get to heart of the problems with HN (middlebrow dismissa

I think it's interesting how many people make "better" versions of HN. Without exception none of these get to heart of the problems with HN (middlebrow dismissals getting upvoted, mob mentality, etc), something that pg has alluded to several times. As an exercise in design, great, knock yourself out. As an attempt to make HN better? I think less action and more reflection on what really would make HN better would be appropriate. This is just a general feeling I get from seeing these meta-HN things over and over again. I lump them all together in my mind, perhaps unfairly so, because they all seem to be solving the easy - but ultimately the wrong - problem.