Thanks. No worries. I understand where you are coming from, and know you well enough.

The one luxury that Reddit had that we don't is a lack of day jobs. We feel it. There are opportunity costs that we are paying, and many we don't even know about. I wanted to cry when akkartik stepped down. I was drunk at a buddy's birthday party when he sent a text from the Scottish highlands, telling me that he had to pursue a personal coding project that kept eating at him. I was drunk and gobsmacked, but I understood. Hubski is that project for me. forwardslash has been a huge win for Hubski, and the wheels are on tighter than they have ever been. However, we are rationing and it is not ideal.

I doubt we can code such a layer, but I do recognize both the experimentation and the approach to it are critical. At the very least, when we do experiment, we can make it clear, and benefit from the discussion that occurs around it.

Years ago, I used to be part of this weird blog/rpg thing running among several friends on Blogger. We all grew up gaming, and some sort of rpg/story/rap battle thing organically emerged. One of my pals was the GM and admin, and nothing was more infuriating than the time he started fucking with what people were writing. Sometimes, he deleted posts wholesale. It was supposed to be part of the experience, and the whole thing was a joke to begin with, but our reaction was viscerally negative.

As much as I slave over this thing, every one here is here by choice, and I don't want to give the impression that I am not acutely aware of the time and trust people give to the site. There's no getting around that I am always going to be a blackbox of sorts, but I don't want to be arbitrary. Also, I won't pretend that the site's character is a product of my vision alone.