This is a great comment. I&#x27;ll expand it with a few other points that are along similar lines to what you mention.<p>Most (if not all) platforms suffer from 2 extremes, open discussion involves conflict which is seen as bad but can end up with insightful discussion and robust conclusion.  Secondly, forums suffer from prejudice of the moderators.  There was a good example recently of this in a HN posting on moderators.  I&#x27;ll illustrate with a topical example for modern times.<p>Why do people use the term misogynist instead of sexist? It&#x27;s to reinforce a belief that sexism is a male behaviour, which, in itself is sexist.  If you read the recent article on moderation, sexism didn&#x27;t rate a mention but misogyny did.  In other words, certain types of thinking are forbidden and some forms of prejudice are encouraged.<p>When I read about this new spinoff, my first two thoughts were on avoidance of robust discussion and the prejudice and politics of the founders and moderators.  Here&#x27;s hoping they don&#x27;t make the same politically correct but prejudiced mistakes that most sites make.