[chrsig]

I really hope HN is able to supply a few communities. My wife is a writer/editor, so I'd love to share one with her.

I showed her HN, and the level of discourse that happens here, and she was really surprised at the level of discourse that happens here.

If nothing else, maybe someone with some motivation sees an opportunity to create such a community. May or may not involve cloning dang.

[Multicomp]

Yeah I think without dang, HN would be a very different place. The tone and guidelines enforcement is a result of the HN culture, the HN culture comes as a direct result of the moderation feedback dang and other HN mods have consistently given.

While I would love to join a community (I used to use writing.com a ton) of HN but for fiction writers not startup owners plus us hangers on, I don't know if that can be done without a good moderation team.

[Evenjos]

Codex https://forums.codexwriters.com/ is very actively moderated. There are interesting quality discussions there.

[dont__panic]

I have quite a few friends who don't work in tech who regularly read and even comment on HN simply because the discourse is worth it.

I'd invest a few dollars into the "clone dang" kickstarter. At the very least he should consider writing a book on fostering communities through tasteful moderation.

[kradeelav]

Definitely would count myself as a not-tech-industry person (graphic design manager instead with a passing interest in linux) who pulls up HN every morning. :) Far more interesting topics on here at it's worst than most news sites at their best.

[k3ylebe3nzle]

Not going to happen. Writers dont live online 24.7

[Evenjos]

Hahaha! This one does!