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The biggest thing missing for me getting started is a reddit-like "feed" showing where discussion is actually happening. Like the reddit logged-out homepage (/b
by unholiness 4y ago
The biggest thing missing for me getting started is a reddit-like "feed" showing where discussion is actually happening. Like the reddit logged-out homepage (/best, not /new).
The value of Podbabble is the intersection of podcast episodes that 1) people are talking about and 2) I have listened to. Right now the only way for me to find that intersection is to start from (2), searching for every podcast I can think of, looking at several of the latest episodes and seeing there's no comments. It would be great to start from (1), so I can see right away which episodes people are discussing and see which ones might be relevant to me.
Also, it seems like the only way to add a podcast to "my podcasts" is with an RSS feed link? Not from a link on the podcast's page I searched for? I'm unsure on what the desired setup workflow is.
- cheriot 4y ago100% this ^. I listen podcasts daily, am interested in discovering new ones, and do not create any podcasts. Looking at the home page I'm not sure how to find any content. Definitely not interested in creating an account just to see what's there. I recommend reading Reddit's origin story. There needs to be interesting content to get the first users to create content. Maybe the goal is to sell podcasters and get them to bring their audience? Even then I think you need a good home page experience to hook those listeners.
- leobg 4y agoAny URL recommendations for reading up on Reddit’s origin story?
- edgyquant 4y agoWhy would anyone want to recreate Reddit? Discovery can be its own app that is very good at recommending podcasts. This can be for discussions, like how forums used to be. Keep them separate, because the world needs to get back to what we had with forums where people interested in subjects sought ought a place to discuss them. Back then actual discussions happened and the entire world wasn’t a giant flamewar.
- cheriot 4y agoI didn't say recreate reddit. The point of the reddit origin story is that people will only start contributing content if there's already interesting content there. If I host a new forum and just leave it on the internet, will someone create a account and post when there's zero messages there? Unlikely. Ergo, founders of a social site need to seed it with interesting enough content that the first users will stick around.
- edgyquant 4y agoRight and I’m suggesting Reddits origin story leads to a website like Reddit, and is not something anyone should seek to reproduce (unless being Reddit is your goal.) Making fake accounts isn’t the way to go if you want a decent discussion site specifically for podcasts. Otherwise You already have subreddits for every most of them. The niche of a site like this is to not be going for growth at the expense of intellectual discussion.
- cheriot 4y ago> I’m suggesting Reddits origin story leads to a website like Reddit I'm referencing an example of a broader principle and you're interpreting it as a specific recommendation. Stack overflow overcame the empty website problem by having two founders each with widely followed blogs. That brought enough users on day 1 to generate content. In some way, the problem must be dealt with because an empty website doesn't go anywhere. > The niche of a site like this is to not be going for growth at the expense of intellectual discussion. This as much depends on the founder's goals as any growth tactic. Not all podcasts are intellectual.
- edgyquant 4y agoThis is good and what is needed. These feeds bring people in who aren’t specifically seeking to discuss an episode of a podcast they like.