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Show HN: I Built HN for Crypto

18 points by SuDa2103 5y ago

r00t4ccess 5y ago
The name of the site is instantly off putting for me.
- SuDa2103 5y ago
  Aha okay noted
  - senectus1 5y ago
    there is definitely a masculine toxic theme in the crypto culture (especially in the Wallstreet* scene). Not saying your site pushes that, just that the scene has that culture around it and hodl is a part of that culture by association.
- garren 5y ago
  I think the name works - OP has a target audience in mind and the name speak to that. In fact I immediately thought of hodle.rs as a suggestion, but it it appears to be taken. I can see how one might not find the name appealing if not a part of that audience. Is cryptocurrency content something that interests you in general? If so, can think of a name that wouldn’t be off putting but still communicate the intent of the site?
SuDa2103 5y ago
Hi All, I build side projects occasionally, and thought that something like this was needed! Would love to know your thoughts :)
- abetusk 5y ago
  This is very nice, thanks for creating this! I think there's a lot of potential in the space of news aggregator sites that focus on cryptocurrency and it's very cool to see people exploring this space. Here's my two cents: * Tie in the signup, voting, etc. with actual cryptocurrency. This is what stacker.news (SN) [0] does and I think is an idea with a lot of potential. * Put the comments and other content under a libre/free license so that the community can benefit from content generated. HN, SN and a host of other sites don't do this and are worse for it, in my opinion * Make the code open source. This provides transparency to your community and builds trust, as well as allows others to participate in the direction if they choose * This is more of a personal preference, but I would opt for a "cleaner" more minimal look, more akin to HN or SN. [0] https://stacker.news https://stacker.news
  - SuDa2103 5y ago
    All interesting points thank you. I don't know much about the free licenses point, but will certainly look into it
- garren 5y ago
  Kind of on topic: Dare I ask, is there anything “web3” about your site? I ask out of curiosity, but also since it seems like a great opportunity to leverage…uh…whatever the hell is behind that term. Off topic: what stack? What drove your decisions?
  - SuDa2103 5y ago
    Haha there is nothing currently "web3" about this, but that's subject to change! Stack: Ruby on rails What drove that decision? I like coding in ruby, I'm quite familiar with it and wanted to be able to iterate on something quickly
    - garren 5y ago
      I think your biggest challenge will be building/maintaining a community, along with basic moderation and forum rules. Definitely watching to see how it goes!
bitxbitxbitcoin 5y ago
Signed up! Left a comment. Good luck.
- SuDa2103 5y ago
  Thanks so much!
qecez 5y ago
There's also https://stacker.news https://stacker.news
- SuDa2103 5y ago
  Yes and sites like Crypto Panic! What I wanted to do was focus on building a community with quality discussions, as opposed to (in some cases) the homepage being filled with information about daily price moves
  - mettamage 5y ago
    And you call it hodler news? I get that finding a good name is difficult but hodlernews? Is it because it almost sounds like hackernews? Crypto has many interesting things. Hodling and price movements, while perhaps the most lucrative, are also the least interesting. At least, from a curiosity point of view. Names I would think of are more like: Blockchainthreads Blockshardnews I am not fully hitting the mark, but basically a more technical name or a sociocultural name that doesn’t sound too mainstream (I have a hard time thinking of one).
    - noodles_nomore 5y ago
      I'd guess that if you're hodling you don't care so much about charts and are looking further into the future.
- BrissyCoder 5y ago
  There's also https://rekt.news/ https://rekt.news/
YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo 5y ago
Looks more like a reddit clone tbh.
- verdverm 5y ago
  Certainly does not have a layout that makes me think HN
Urgo 5y ago
On a large screen the formatting makes it look really weird. https://imgur.com/a/6pR9nYl https://imgur.com/a/6pR9nYl
- SuDa2103 5y ago
  Oh jheeze thanks! Will fix that
  - SuDa2103 5y ago
    Should be fixed now!
    - Urgo 5y ago
      Yep looks much better!
dave333 5y ago
No RSS feed - so straight into the bitbucket as far as I'm concerned

18 points by SuDa2103 5y ago

r00t4ccess 5y ago

The name of the site is instantly off putting for me.

SuDa2103 5y ago
Aha okay noted
- senectus1 5y ago
  there is definitely a masculine toxic theme in the crypto culture (especially in the Wallstreet* scene). Not saying your site pushes that, just that the scene has that culture around it and hodl is a part of that culture by association.
garren 5y ago
I think the name works - OP has a target audience in mind and the name speak to that. In fact I immediately thought of hodle.rs as a suggestion, but it it appears to be taken. I can see how one might not find the name appealing if not a part of that audience. Is cryptocurrency content something that interests you in general? If so, can think of a name that wouldn’t be off putting but still communicate the intent of the site?

SuDa2103 5y ago

Hi All, I build side projects occasionally, and thought that something like this was needed! Would love to know your thoughts :)

abetusk 5y ago
This is very nice, thanks for creating this! I think there's a lot of potential in the space of news aggregator sites that focus on cryptocurrency and it's very cool to see people exploring this space. Here's my two cents: * Tie in the signup, voting, etc. with actual cryptocurrency. This is what stacker.news (SN) [0] does and I think is an idea with a lot of potential. * Put the comments and other content under a libre/free license so that the community can benefit from content generated. HN, SN and a host of other sites don't do this and are worse for it, in my opinion * Make the code open source. This provides transparency to your community and builds trust, as well as allows others to participate in the direction if they choose * This is more of a personal preference, but I would opt for a "cleaner" more minimal look, more akin to HN or SN. [0] https://stacker.news https://stacker.news
- SuDa2103 5y ago
  All interesting points thank you. I don't know much about the free licenses point, but will certainly look into it
garren 5y ago
Kind of on topic: Dare I ask, is there anything “web3” about your site? I ask out of curiosity, but also since it seems like a great opportunity to leverage…uh…whatever the hell is behind that term. Off topic: what stack? What drove your decisions?
- SuDa2103 5y ago
  Haha there is nothing currently "web3" about this, but that's subject to change! Stack: Ruby on rails What drove that decision? I like coding in ruby, I'm quite familiar with it and wanted to be able to iterate on something quickly
  - garren 5y ago
    I think your biggest challenge will be building/maintaining a community, along with basic moderation and forum rules. Definitely watching to see how it goes!

bitxbitxbitcoin 5y ago

Signed up! Left a comment. Good luck.

SuDa2103 5y ago
Thanks so much!

qecez 5y ago

There's also https://stacker.news https://stacker.news

SuDa2103 5y ago
Yes and sites like Crypto Panic! What I wanted to do was focus on building a community with quality discussions, as opposed to (in some cases) the homepage being filled with information about daily price moves
- mettamage 5y ago
  And you call it hodler news? I get that finding a good name is difficult but hodlernews? Is it because it almost sounds like hackernews? Crypto has many interesting things. Hodling and price movements, while perhaps the most lucrative, are also the least interesting. At least, from a curiosity point of view. Names I would think of are more like: Blockchainthreads Blockshardnews I am not fully hitting the mark, but basically a more technical name or a sociocultural name that doesn’t sound too mainstream (I have a hard time thinking of one).
  - noodles_nomore 5y ago
    I'd guess that if you're hodling you don't care so much about charts and are looking further into the future.
BrissyCoder 5y ago
There's also https://rekt.news/ https://rekt.news/

YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo 5y ago

Looks more like a reddit clone tbh.

verdverm 5y ago
Certainly does not have a layout that makes me think HN

Urgo 5y ago

On a large screen the formatting makes it look really weird. https://imgur.com/a/6pR9nYl https://imgur.com/a/6pR9nYl

SuDa2103 5y ago
Oh jheeze thanks! Will fix that
- SuDa2103 5y ago
  Should be fixed now!
  - Urgo 5y ago
    Yep looks much better!

dave333 5y ago

No RSS feed - so straight into the bitbucket as far as I'm concerned