Nah, I liken it more to a saloon out in the wild west. A place for people living on the frontier of civilized society to gather and share experiences and chill out. It just so happens that the frontier we're on is virtual rather than physical, and so is our hangout spot.

I once asked which group, cowboys, pirates, or ninjas (or other) best reflects the Bitcoin ethos (#738961), and the majority vote was for cowboy. So this wild west analogy of Stacker.News is proving surprising apt. @k00b nailed it with the metaphor.