[prawn]

"Registered "AltSlashdot.org", also ".com" and ".net"."

If that name is temporary, why bother with more than one domain?

How many alternatives to HN spin up? How many last? I'd be confirming whether the interest was there before I got stuck on too many details like legal and load balancing.

I was once involved with an overly broad community-built site that jumped to details before core content. It started to breakdown round about when we got caught up voting on the voting process. That deterred the 'doers' who had practical skills and so not much was done after that.

[vacri]

For the sake of a few dollars, it's insurance against the domain being less temporary than originally thought. Domain squatters are a cancer.