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We need a SUB-YCnews where the people of news.yc can post other stuff that they are interested in. That is exactly how startup inspiration will occur. Not by ta

We need a SUB-YCnews where the people of news.yc can post other stuff that they are interested in. That is exactly how startup inspiration will occur. Not by talking about startups all day till you bleed through your nose. We want sub-yc! we want sub-yc! we want sub-yc! [ :o| Consults wikipedia on how to start a lynch mob.]

ivan 19y ago
Who are these news.yc people?
- bluishgreen 19y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit
  - SwellJoe 19y ago
    I'm pretty sure Elijah Wood does not have a startup.
    - litepost 19y ago
      actually... Edinburgh International Film Festival Day 7 Elijah Wood has very blue eyes and is trying to start up his own record label, good news for Scotland as he's a fan of local heroes Franz Ferdinand and Sons ... www.iofilm.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh/2005/diary_24082005.php -
nickb 19y ago
That's how Reddit became crappy. There's plenty of other aggregators that will give you news on anything you might imagine. PG, please keep YCNews focused and keep it niche. More people and wider subjects will just diffuse the relevancy of content.
- SwellJoe 19y ago
  No, Digg is how Reddit became crappy. A pictures sub-reddit might help fix it. But news.yc definitely does not need subs. It IS a sub and nothing else.
  - aquateen 19y ago
    Really? I thought Reddit went downhill about year and a half ago. More users = diluted content. I was almost surprised when I saw a Paris Hilton story hit the top not too long ago. I'm eagerly awaiting PG's new news site.
    - davidw 19y ago
      I have a suspicion that most if not all of these communities go downhill when the number of people involved starts to really go north of the "monkey number": http://journal.dedasys.com/articles/2007/06/11/dunbars-number-and-online-communities http://journal.dedasys.com/articles/2007/06/11/dunbars-number-and-online-communities As someone comments, stumbleupon is a little bit better, because instead of having one home page for N people, which simply cannot scale, you are more closely connected to people who share your interests. I'm not sure how that works out for news sites, though. Part of the problem may be that, initially, concentrating your user community might be the only way to go beyond a critical mass of users, but then as growth continues, you do want to spread people out.
- bluishgreen 19y ago
  "More people and wider subjects will just diffuse the relevancy of content". I am not talking about More People, am I?. I am talking only about wider subjects. Relevancy is a tricky word nickb. Relevancy is a very tricky word.
- lupin_sansei 19y ago
  Constant Bush-Hating "Progressive" links and conspiracy theories are how reddit became crappy.
  - 19y ago

ivan 19y ago

Who are these news.yc people?

bluishgreen 19y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit
- SwellJoe 19y ago
  I'm pretty sure Elijah Wood does not have a startup.
  - litepost 19y ago
    actually... Edinburgh International Film Festival Day 7 Elijah Wood has very blue eyes and is trying to start up his own record label, good news for Scotland as he's a fan of local heroes Franz Ferdinand and Sons ... www.iofilm.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh/2005/diary_24082005.php -

nickb 19y ago

That's how Reddit became crappy. There's plenty of other aggregators that will give you news on anything you might imagine. PG, please keep YCNews focused and keep it niche. More people and wider subjects will just diffuse the relevancy of content.

SwellJoe 19y ago
No, Digg is how Reddit became crappy. A pictures sub-reddit might help fix it. But news.yc definitely does not need subs. It IS a sub and nothing else.
- aquateen 19y ago
  Really? I thought Reddit went downhill about year and a half ago. More users = diluted content. I was almost surprised when I saw a Paris Hilton story hit the top not too long ago. I'm eagerly awaiting PG's new news site.
  - davidw 19y ago
    I have a suspicion that most if not all of these communities go downhill when the number of people involved starts to really go north of the "monkey number": http://journal.dedasys.com/articles/2007/06/11/dunbars-number-and-online-communities http://journal.dedasys.com/articles/2007/06/11/dunbars-number-and-online-communities As someone comments, stumbleupon is a little bit better, because instead of having one home page for N people, which simply cannot scale, you are more closely connected to people who share your interests. I'm not sure how that works out for news sites, though. Part of the problem may be that, initially, concentrating your user community might be the only way to go beyond a critical mass of users, but then as growth continues, you do want to spread people out.
bluishgreen 19y ago
"More people and wider subjects will just diffuse the relevancy of content". I am not talking about More People, am I?. I am talking only about wider subjects. Relevancy is a tricky word nickb. Relevancy is a very tricky word.
lupin_sansei 19y ago
Constant Bush-Hating "Progressive" links and conspiracy theories are how reddit became crappy.
- 19y ago