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ASK YC: What do you think of rewardpick.com?
The idea is to create an Amazon-like community for credit cards. All the card details (names, details, urls, etc) are user submitted. There is an admin approval system to make sure no spam or duplicate card get listed. Feel free to add some. Thanks.
http://rewardpick.com
- webwright 19y agoI think people want this information but, like with many UGC sites, there really isn't any reason for me to either submit or rank it.
- mhb 19y agoWhy would someone get involved with this site instead of doing a Google search for "credit card best ..."? No one needs a "community" for a credit card selection decision. Failing that, Consumer Reports has the information at the library.
- chaostheory 19y agowho goes to the library anymore? [update] I forgot to mention: with constantly changing credit card terms, you would think that even articles about the best credit cards would get stale (then again I could be wrong)
- falsestprophet 19y agoThere was a time in this country, a long time ago, when reading wasn't just for fags.
- sohail 19y agoAfter watching that movie... So much of it is happening now... READING IS FOR FAGS. HEY THIS GUY IS A FAG!
- chaostheory 19y agopeople still read a lot - they just don't read books at the library anymore. the only ppl I know that go to the library only go to rent video games and movies; or use the internet (in big cities) when ppl want books they typically read at BarnesNobles or Borders (since they have more locations and they have coffee/food) o yeah - no need to be a jerk
- curi 19y agoI read some library books recently. yeah amazon delivers, but there are a lot of books not worth paying to own.
- curi 19y agoCalling illiterate people fags isn't actually ironic and witty.
- curi 19y agoI'm really curious why the downmod. Think I'm overreacting and it's good to use "fags" as slur with no context? Problem with my phrasing? Hate homosexuals? Thought "illiterate" wasn't precise enough a paraphrase? Annoyed with faint echoes of xkcd? I don't understand. Edit: Can one of the downmodders write an explanation? Or is wanting to understand something bad here?
- kingnothing 19y agohttp://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- curi 19y agoI wasn't complaining about being downmodded. I don't care about my karma. I do care about why people downmod anti-homophobic comments, and want to understand their reasoning. (It got at least 2 downmods. If people hadn't upmodded it, that would be more clear. I would prefer if it was still -1 (or less) so that it'd more more obvious there is some explaining to do.).
- kingnothing 19y agoI don't know if you read that through or not, but... There was no reason to mention anything about "fags" in your original comment -- it added nothing to the discussion and only detracted from it.
- curi 19y agoI did read it. And there was a reason to mention that word: so people know what I'm referring to. But, you think people didn't like quoting that word? (and w/ the quotes not even written, but clearly there) umm that sort of makes sense. thanks.
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- bmaier 19y agoMy other comments were edited since I sort of feel bad about jumping all over it... Theres normally so much sleaze associated with credit card marketing in general that it is hard not to jump on it sometimes... For starters, your plesk login page is indexed by Google. Probably not the best idea for site security. After that if the site is to work you need to make sure you keep it really pure and unbiased. Don't allow users to submit affiliate links, put strict controls on user ratings and don't allow small groups to drastically affect the site. Inherently the site sets itself up to be abused by marketers but if you can put strict enough controls in place to keep it relatively unbiased you have the potential to create a decent resource.
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- chaostheory 19y agoI don't think it's that bad - to me it seems clear as to what it's about. It's not like a spammer or pr0n site which I feel is what you're making it sound like Why not let ppl bitch or say something good about their cards? it's like saying who needs another blog about startups and business?
- bmaier 19y agoIts not spammy but the lack of disclosure that it is basically an affiliate site sort of gets to me. There are too many sites like this on the internet designed for google and thrown together to make a quick buck. The kid seems like he has at least some ability to code, why not put that towards something with a little more value-added.
- chaostheory 19y agoto me if there's no misleading information or favored affiliates due to better affiliate terms (without making it public/obvious ala 'sponsored results') and not based on community feedback - I still fail to see what's wrong I don't see anything deceptive
- thorax 19y agoI like the layout of the site, but you have an uphill battle. Most sites I've seen that go this way are all ad and scam-- it's very hard for people to push past that. Your site doesn't feel like that now, but you might want to tone it down a little on the graphics. I think being as subtle and simple as possible might help people take the site a little seriously-- you're fighting against some difficult stereotypes and every little bit helps. Best of luck!
- ivankirigin 19y agomint.com is featuring better checking accounts and credit cards than the users currently have. Check them out.
- mattmaroon 19y agoCool man, I like it. That's an area where Google searches fail consumers.