Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

Broken Links: There are many older links in the comments in the form of http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=; which returns an error (like the many comments on this page).

Those old links really should be transparently re-mapped to /item?id= instead.

Login password recovery. :)

"Add comment" page does not use the custom color.

Also, having the Y icon match the custom color would be great.

Avoid having links expire all the time, or redirect to a relevant page. I see these 3-4 times a day.

I'm enjoying using news.ycombinator.com, but I fear it will eventually suffer the same fate as Slashdot, Digg, Reddit, etc. The problem on the internet is a lack of scarcity. I'm beginning to think the only way to really solve the problem is through submitter fees. Without fees, I fear it will turn into a self-promoting free-for-all.

Think about the problem in terms of email spam. If email cost $0.25 to send, the spam problem would be gone. If a submission to Digg cost $10, their spam problem would mostly go away.

When everything is free, it's just one big race for the bottom. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.