He had a different idea than yours. There is no need for a mailing list for the community to hang out. It sounds like something that doesn't work as well as Hac

He had a different idea than yours. There is no need for a mailing list for the community to hang out. It sounds like something that doesn't work as well as Hacker News. Most of these ideas for external groups didn't really go anywhere. The Friendfeed one did have a fair amount of activity, but they changed the name eventually.