Instead of building a subdomain system, it might make more sense to change the software in a way that makes it easy to deploy it as open-source.
The EA forum won’t be hosted as a subdomain on LessWrong but it could still profit from the same discussion architecture and the same is likely true for a lot of projects.
That would also be good, but having a sub-domain would be much, much easier than having to run, update and support your own server. You would need a certain level of technical skills, which would be a significant barrier to entry.
Instead of building a subdomain system, it might make more sense to change the software in a way that makes it easy to deploy it as open-source.
The EA forum won’t be hosted as a subdomain on LessWrong but it could still profit from the same discussion architecture and the same is likely true for a lot of projects.
That would also be good, but having a sub-domain would be much, much easier than having to run, update and support your own server. You would need a certain level of technical skills, which would be a significant barrier to entry.