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Indiahacker.com -- request for review

9 points by scoobee99 18y ago

'Powered by reddit', and UI inspired by Hacker News! Thanks.

schtog 18y ago
Very, very good idea. I have been looking for away to get more into asian cultures. I have traveled a lot to other places but only have so much time and it is hard to get insight into the lives and minds of other cultures from far away, esp the younger people. So this is a good place to start. Obviously it is very reddit-inspired, both idea and design. Reddit wasn't the first aggregator though and they are here to stay in one form or the other so that's fine and I really like the design but it is a little bit to reddit-ish perhaps, looks like a clone. Overall grade: Nice work man!
- xenoterracide 18y ago
  maybe they used the reddit source.
  - scoobee99 18y ago
    Indeed, it is based on reddit source! ('Powered by reddit') :-)
- scoobee99 18y ago
  Thanks!
morbidkk 18y ago
only problem I see here is content and how frequently you would get correct hacker kinda news(that too India specific) there. You can't follow multiple sites for same news. From the current content I don't find any technical article there. India specific news can be followed by 1. http://india.alltop.com http://india.alltop.com 2. follow indianews on twitter good initiative though.
- scoobee99 18y ago
  Thanks. The intention is to be India specific, but not necessarily 'hacker kinda news'. The clean and minimal UI is inspired by HN.
- goelp 18y ago
  I reckon the name is more towards lifehacker than to hackernews, like the former is not about computer hacking but life in general.
noor420 18y ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/india http://www.reddit.com/r/india
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- scoobee99 18y ago
  At the time we started http://www.indiahacker.com http://www.indiahacker.com, http://www.reddit.com/r/india http://www.reddit.com/r/india wasn't a very active community. Perhaps people tend to focus on top-level domains and less so on subreddits (my theory).
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luckystrike 18y ago
1. What is the target audience for this site? (Its not 'hacker kinda' as mentioned in a comment here). Building that initial user base might be the key to the success. 2. Related to point 1, what is the 'essence' of the site? As in what kind of posts are allowed/not allowed, comment etiquette, is there any moderation? (Right now i see 'Bomb' blasts in India' as the top link. Incorrect headline, and and conveyed an entirely wrong message to me at least.) 3. For some reason the create login page didn't give me focus on the text boxes. (Firefox 2.0.0.16) 4. I was on a profile page, but did not get automatically logged on after creating the account. The good part is you prefer the minimal and simplistic design. Good luck with your venture! p.s. There was a 'pg' id on the site as well. :-)
- scoobee99 18y ago
  Thanks, comments noted.
ideamonk 18y ago
What inspired its creation? I don't find any need to hit back to Indiahacker again... hasn't got any pullback factor? Wonder how much is it gonna live?
- scoobee99 18y ago
  Give it some time! :-)
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9 points by scoobee99 18y ago

'Powered by reddit', and UI inspired by Hacker News! Thanks.

Very, very good idea. I have been looking for away to get more into asian cultures. I have traveled a lot to other places but only have so much time and it is hard to get insight into the lives and minds of other cultures from far away, esp the younger people. So this is a good place to start. Obviously it is very reddit-inspired, both idea and design. Reddit wasn't the first aggregator though and they are here to stay in one form or the other so that's fine and I really like the design but it is a little bit to reddit-ish perhaps, looks like a clone. Overall grade: Nice work man!

xenoterracide 18y ago
maybe they used the reddit source.
- scoobee99 18y ago
  Indeed, it is based on reddit source! ('Powered by reddit') :-)
scoobee99 18y ago
Thanks!

morbidkk 18y ago

only problem I see here is content and how frequently you would get correct hacker kinda news(that too India specific) there. You can't follow multiple sites for same news. From the current content I don't find any technical article there. India specific news can be followed by 1. http://india.alltop.com http://india.alltop.com 2. follow indianews on twitter good initiative though.

scoobee99 18y ago
Thanks. The intention is to be India specific, but not necessarily 'hacker kinda news'. The clean and minimal UI is inspired by HN.
goelp 18y ago
I reckon the name is more towards lifehacker than to hackernews, like the former is not about computer hacking but life in general.

noor420 18y ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/india http://www.reddit.com/r/india

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scoobee99 18y ago
At the time we started http://www.indiahacker.com http://www.indiahacker.com, http://www.reddit.com/r/india http://www.reddit.com/r/india wasn't a very active community. Perhaps people tend to focus on top-level domains and less so on subreddits (my theory).

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luckystrike 18y ago

1. What is the target audience for this site? (Its not 'hacker kinda' as mentioned in a comment here). Building that initial user base might be the key to the success. 2. Related to point 1, what is the 'essence' of the site? As in what kind of posts are allowed/not allowed, comment etiquette, is there any moderation? (Right now i see 'Bomb' blasts in India' as the top link. Incorrect headline, and and conveyed an entirely wrong message to me at least.) 3. For some reason the create login page didn't give me focus on the text boxes. (Firefox 2.0.0.16) 4. I was on a profile page, but did not get automatically logged on after creating the account. The good part is you prefer the minimal and simplistic design. Good luck with your venture! p.s. There was a 'pg' id on the site as well. :-)

scoobee99 18y ago
Thanks, comments noted.

ideamonk 18y ago

What inspired its creation? I don't find any need to hit back to Indiahacker again... hasn't got any pullback factor? Wonder how much is it gonna live?

scoobee99 18y ago
Give it some time! :-)

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