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Show HN: Hacker News like site for South Africa: ZA-Coders
- helium 16y agoDoesn't look anything like HN to me.
- jrgnsd 16y agoLooks aren't everything :) I don't use HN for it looks, but for the articles and discussions. Yes, the aesthetics contribute towards that, but at the end of the day, it's about the content. But yes, maybe it's overdone. UI was never one of my strongpoints.
- jorgecastillo 16y agoMaybe he meant the HN minimalistic design which is awesome. I wish every site was more like HN (more information & less content).
- blackswan 16y agoI think all the adverts lower the tone a bit. One of strengths of HN - especially when it started - is that it was an altruistic initiative by PG. I'm also not so sure about the design - did you consider using Arc? Download it here: http://ycombinator.com/arc/arc3.tar http://ycombinator.com/arc/arc3.tar and check out news.arc
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- dca 16y agoI may be missing something, but why wouldn't they just use the real thing?
- pistoriusp 16y agoAs a South African I found myself asking the same thing.
- ilitirit 16y agoAs a fellow South African, I support the idea simply because ZA needs more sites like this.
- pistoriusp 16y agoCheck out siliconcape.com.
- jrgnsd 16y agoI like being part of the HN community, but I'd also like to be able to discuss HN-like topics with a South African flavour with South Africans. There's a few factors that makes coding and running startups in SA different: * Relatively low broadband penetration. * High costs to most telecommunication / internet services. * Distinct socio-economic classes. * Cutting edge technology lag and lack of penetration.
- joubert 16y agoAre there any hacker meet up groups in SA?
- look_lookatme 16y agoI wonder if HN adoption is at the point where HN subs would be an option. Maybe not wide open like reddit.com/r/ but a controlled set of HN sub sections.