[jwco]

I wonder if you excised the word "shamelessly" from this comment, if people would have had a more interesting discussion, i.e. about building a site that enables people (including non-hackers), say in similarly life-threatened positions, to spread word and bring people/marrow/blood/etc. to their aid, and perhaps too, the aid of anyone else in a similar situation. Because I think what you're calling for is interesting: a platform (like Facebook or Tumblr), instead of a single blog.