Because we have almost no editors, we police ourselves and if the community grow...

marcus on March 11, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Little Known Hacker News Is My First Read Every Mo...

Because we have almost no editors, we police ourselves and if the community grows too rapidly it can lose focus, if tomorrow we'll be featured on Oprah this site will lose everything I love about it.

Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

Or in simpler words "The unwashed masses are upon us"

nose on March 11, 2008 [–]

New users can't vote without karma, so it shouldn't be too bad.