Let's not forget that, at least in my opinion, part of what makes HN great is it follows the old Unix tradition: it does one thing well.
I have always liked HN because it is simple, no-frills, totally focused on one thing.
I have always liked HN because it is simple, no-frills, totally focused on one thing.
I got the hell away from Digg because of its push towards being "social." While messaging isn't that big of a feature I feel that if people here want to find/contact each other they will.
We're all pretty smart individuals if we want to contact/find someone we will be able to if they want to be contacted/found.