[staunch]

I use HN as much as anyone and it doesn't get in my way at all. The most annoying thing about the issue is hearing the repeated discussion around it.

I'd rather have any kind of cool new feature, like messaging, than have this fixed.

[pg]

We've had messaging for years. I just never turned it on in the general case. (We use it to talk to YC applicants.)

[staunch]

Well, I applied to YC for the first time, so maybe I'll get to see it!