Besides slinkset, if you have the time and need the control, why not hack at HN [1] or reddit [2]?

Honestly, the best discussions online are still on mailing lists. I need more time to think about why that is, and how we can designed that into the newer stuff. But I can't get into that now.

[1] http://arclanguage.org/install (Hacker News engine included)

[2] http://code.reddit.com/

One day we suddenly had a Slinkset site that was fully decked out in the TicketStumbler layout. They have magical gnomes working there, or something. And it's currently one of our top 3 traffic drivers!

<3 Brett & John and fully recommend Slinkset. If Dan successfully set it up, anybody can ;)

Slinkset is awesome if you're looking for a social news site, but I get the feeling that's not what he's talking about. He's speaking less of links and more of a place for the community to post original material. Unless I'm inerpreting wrong, in which case yeah, go with Slinkset.

Slinkset is a fantastic option. Brett and John have built really the dead simple easiest way to create amazing online communities just like Hacker News. It's a perfect fit.

Thanks for the pointer, but as Matt Maroon says, we're looking for something where people can post original content.

And feel free to email brett at slinkset if you need help.