I don't think PG will let the signal to noise ratio get low. It's not that hard to keep it on the good side if you're not concerned with growing the largest possible audience.
I'm pretty sure PG runs this site because he likes it, not because he hopes to make the next Digg, so I'd expect that if the noise grew he'd work on keeping it down, even if that meant keeping the audience small.
It's a combination of motives: I want there to be a site that's like Reddit used to be; I want a real application to drive the design of Arc; and it's good advertising for YC.
All three are best satisfied by a medium-size site with good quality links and comments, so I am definitely not hoping News.YC becomes the next Digg.
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I don't think PG will let the signal to noise ratio get low. It's not that hard to keep it on the good side if you're not concerned with growing the largest possible audience.
I'm pretty sure PG runs this site because he likes it, not because he hopes to make the next Digg, so I'd expect that if the noise grew he'd work on keeping it down, even if that meant keeping the audience small.
That's just my impression. What say you PG?
It's a combination of motives: I want there to be a site that's like Reddit used to be; I want a real application to drive the design of Arc; and it's good advertising for YC.
All three are best satisfied by a medium-size site with good quality links and comments, so I am definitely not hoping News.YC becomes the next Digg.