Poll HN: Should we encourage "AMA" threads here?

The other day greyman wondered whether AMA threads on HN might be a good idea (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1400815)

Joshu pulled off a very successful AMA here the other week (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1356140) and I believe another one happened in the past too (can't find link at the moment). I've wondered about doing a QA for my field (computer forensics) because it often generates interest/emails when I talk about it.

On the other hand meta threads and "Ask" posting is often discouraged.

AMA's have proven very interesting on Reddit and I figure here we would get:

- even more interesting people

- better/insightful questions (or at least a better signal/noise ratio)

Hence, a brief straw poll.

I divided up Yes into two categories, purely for the fact that people may prefer a limited interest field.

> I think no more than one or two a day

I was thinking that number a week, max, myself actually :)

(in realistic terms I suspect the community is generally much smaller/niche here than on HN so there are just not the diverse numbers to have so many AMA's)

Intellectually curious? Wouldn't every profession/work have some level of advice for startups/entrepreneurs based on experiences? I believe stories from a full time fisherman will be as helpful as a stock-trader's - to anyone who wants to learn. Same may hold true for a drug dealer. (imho)

Why filter it with "intellectually curious"? How do we define 'intellectually curious'?

Any reasoning (genuine curiosity)?

I, too, fall into the "possibly one or two a week max" category. Over at Reddit, they seem more like a vehicle for narcissism than anything else. Once in a great while a person with a genuinely interesting profession comes along, but the signal to noise ratio over there is nowhere near where I'd like it to be.