[deftnerd]

I disagree.

I've turned down SV jobs and VC funding for my startups because I think the entire model is flawed. The VC industry invests millions into companies without clear paths to success with a 5% chance of one of them succeeding enough to pay for the bad investments.

I use HN as a news source, but don't believe in the YC model. I'm a micropreneur. I build small businesses that are profitable within the first month or two and then sell them when they are beyond my ability to run with my existing infrastructure or manpower.

[DrNuke]

Ok would you setup a HN-like alternative forum a la OP then? My point comes and goes there, he seems to tentatively think it is the medium doing the trick and that a populated community will follow accordingly. Very very slim chance.