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I am looking forward to the blog post. Please post it on HN when it comes around. Until I read to the third paragraph of the snippet, I was thinking "this is j

by zmmz 15y ago

I am looking forward to the blog post. Please post it on HN when it comes around. Until I read to the third paragraph of the snippet, I was thinking "this is just another polling website", but the innovation that is proposed could result in some interesting results. After reading the snippet, I was excited to go visit the site, expecting some thoughtful discussion on current affairs and politics. I was pretty disappointed with the activity on the site. I understand that currently the site consists of the core functionality, but you should make that clear. If I was just a standard visitor I would have no incentive to come back in a few months when the app actually has some meaning. A final note: when I vote in elections, my vote is anonymous and private. On hyperarchy I can see who voted on a topic, in 'real life' this information is not available and I believe that many people would not want it to be known what they are voting on.

nathansobo 15y ago
Hey, thanks for checking it out. I'm the founder of the site. I myself have had some qualms about the low-brow nature of some of the discussions. I think as the site's interface evolves it's becoming easier to discuss deeper ideas. Here's an interesting discussion on the federal budget: https://hyperarchy.com/questions/394 https://hyperarchy.com/questions/394. But at first it was just my friends talking about their favorite kind of nut. Not world-changing material to be sure. Was it the lack of delegation, or just the non-political / deep nature of many discussions that was most disappointing? What would we need to change to make it more interesting to you? As far as anonymity, making votes public is a controversial choice but it's important to us. We want to heavily favor transparency, and it makes for a more social experience. Looking at other people's votes is actually the number 1 thing people do on Hyperarchy. Thanks for your feedback!

by zmmz 15y ago

nathansobo 15y ago

Hey, thanks for checking it out. I'm the founder of the site. I myself have had some qualms about the low-brow nature of some of the discussions. I think as the site's interface evolves it's becoming easier to discuss deeper ideas. Here's an interesting discussion on the federal budget: https://hyperarchy.com/questions/394 https://hyperarchy.com/questions/394. But at first it was just my friends talking about their favorite kind of nut. Not world-changing material to be sure. Was it the lack of delegation, or just the non-political / deep nature of many discussions that was most disappointing? What would we need to change to make it more interesting to you? As far as anonymity, making votes public is a controversial choice but it's important to us. We want to heavily favor transparency, and it makes for a more social experience. Looking at other people's votes is actually the number 1 thing people do on Hyperarchy. Thanks for your feedback!