it's not a coincidence of the audience and the topic that the top comment is basically just scheming of ways to make it more elite and exclusive instead of how to create a self-policing meritocracy.

why do you think HN is successful? did they limit registrations to @yahoo.com, @redhat.com, @microsoft.com, @google.com, @venturecapitalisthere.com? is that why the SN ratio is high?

and besides, doesn't bloomberg already have forums and chat for this exclusive bank crowd already? what is the point of recreating that on the web if someone like me can't see it?