[joshdotsmith]

I think it's okay to be an HN "clone". They're taking a clearly successful model and using it for a community. And it's an existing community, which makes it all the more workable. Kudos!

Disclaimer: I "cloned" HN when making http://lifestyle.io. I didn't have a preexisting community, but a small handful of people find it useful. Is there a lot of overlap in content? Sure. Do I discover stuff I might have missed on HN? Yep.

I just wish I were a better community organizer.