i'd like to say once more for the record that this conversation should be happening (or at least replicated) on my blog so that the people who don't know about hacker news can participate in this discussion
Hey Fred, I note from your comment getting modded down indicates not too many readers care about where the conversation occurs ~ http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2008/05/a-vc-web-discus.htm... and thinking about it I sort of agree.
Quite a few hackers, entrepreneur types have figured out there is value to be extracted from "aggregation" of links and the associated attention. The comments here and at other places like friendfeed ~ http://friendfeed.com/fredwilson/comments
"... 10 people liked it but nobody commented ..."
If this attention leakage, the inability to maintain and capture attention is happening to your blog, a blog with readership and attention most hackers would readily kill for, it could also be happening to others.
An "itch" that needs scratching perhaps hackers?
Yes, in an ideal world, the conversation would happen in one place (that's part of why I think Disqus was a great investment and FriendFeed is destined for greatness), but this is a fragmented world and fragmented conversations are going to always be a part of the world's dynamic.
but what i want is for it to be recorded and synched everywhere as well
Hm, I'm thinking of ways now...