The comment about lobste.rs caused me to go look into them again. I really liked their about page. I hadn't realized lobsters had evolved the hn format so much.
There's lots of good ideas between the tagging, flag explanations, the moderation log, the invitation tree, the on-topic requirements, etc.
(The rest of the post is great too. I feel like the post has given a name to an important idea.)
Last time I interacted with them (admittedly years ago) they were even more allergic to self-promotion than HN. I was read the riot act one time when I posted my own blog.
There's lots of good ideas between the tagging, flag explanations, the moderation log, the invitation tree, the on-topic requirements, etc.
(The rest of the post is great too. I feel like the post has given a name to an important idea.)