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Ask HN Do we need a forum?
I'm seeing more and more Ask HN, Tell HN, etc. posted here lately. I'm wondering if we need to have a forum.ycombinator.com or something similar to distinguish news from talk.
We have "ask" and "jobs" navigation at the top, but the main stream still includes everything.
- hasenj 15y agoWell, we have the "ask" tab at the top. I don't see a need for a separate domain or anything like that.
- geetarista 15y agoWe do have the "ask" tab, but everything is included in the main stream of news. I would just prefer to keep things separated and organized a little better. I'm not sure what the solution would be exactly; the subdomain/forum idea is just a suggestion. If it was a separate forum, it could house all talk-related items and categorize them as "Questions", "Job Postings", etc. I just wanted to see if anyone else had the same preference and if there are any better suggestions.
- hbzhang 15y agoI am pretty new to this community. I feel the functions of the YCnews are very limited. I know keeping simple is always good, which is a principle of many hackers. However, a little bit improved functions could make YCnews much better!
- petervandijck 15y agoUnderwhelmed with the functionality, newbies have been saying that for years :)
- huhtenberg 15y ago"Ask HN" needs topic categories and an ability to filter by a category, i.e. http://news.ycombinator.com/ask/programming http://news.ycombinator.com/ask/launched http://news.ycombinator.com/ask/meta ... Throw in an index page for categories that shows new/total counters for each one, and I know I will use it a lot.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoWho would be in charge of categorizing posts?
- huhtenberg 15y agoSubmitters. One category per post.
- akavi 15y agoAnd so continues HN's recapitulation of Reddit
- ddemchuk 15y agoI setup SaaSaholics.com a month or so ago, got it seeded with a bunch of content, but never got around to getting it posted here to get some users. Everything is ready to go, I really strongly believe a SaaS forum could be a useful thing for us to all collaborate at. I'll host the site for free with no ads for the indefinite future in the interest of getting it going. I think a submission here would potentially get it rolling, but it ultimately is in that awkward "who talks first" mode...
- dchuk 15y agoI setup SaaSaholics.com a month or so ago, got it seeded with a bunch of content, but never got around to getting it posted here to get some users. Everything is ready to go, I really strongly believe a SaaS forum could be a useful thing for us to all collaborate at. I'll host the site for free with no ads for the indefinite future in the interest of getting it going. I think a submission here would potentially get it rolling, but it ultimately is in that awkward "who talks first" mode...