Would there be interest in a new site, specific to next-generation-sequencing questions and answers in stackexchange?
It would initially appear in Area 51 to see if it picks up momentum, then have it as a more specific Q&A site than biostars.org. I have seen comments that there is a faction of biostars annoyed by the fact that most of the content in biostars is just a mirror to what is seen in seqanswers, but with a Q&A format.
Having a next-gen-sequencing stackexchange site would solve the problem, and separate into 3 main levels in Q&A format:
1) http://biology.stackexchange.com/
2) http://biostars.org/ similar to http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/42548/bioinformatics-computation-chemistry
3) http://ngs.stackexchange.com/
Do people think this is reasonable?
In addition to the points below I'd also argue that 'next-gen sequencing' itself is quite a transient term and may not have the shelf-life to develop and sustain a Q&A community.
Not a fan of the idea for all of the same reasons listed below.
Also, where are these negative comments you mention about mirroring seqanswers content? I haven't really seen them much.