Especially while we're still establishing the culture that we want to perpetuate, the focus should be on inviting people who will definitely be additive.

Undisciplined

Ya I agree. Organic growth may be the best option after all. There is no need to pursue speed all the time

cryotosensei

bitcoin

What does it take to make Stacker.News more well known than Reddit? 

NewsnNudes

This is a really good depiction of how I feel about Stacker News, too. My concern about promoting growth is that the rest of the internet is worse than Stacker News on the points you listed and we don't want to turn it into another toxic echo chamber. I hope people will be somewhat selective in who they promote Stacker News to.