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I have to say that I'm a bit conflicted about this. On the one hand, there's nothing wrong with "splitting" HN, especially by geography. The main reason being
by sep 15y ago
I have to say that I'm a bit conflicted about this.
On the one hand, there's nothing wrong with "splitting" HN, especially by geography. The main reason being that news that would interest only hackers in a specific region/country wouldn't see the light of HN's front page, as global readers just wouldn't care as much. As a matter of fact, I even run an "HN splinter" myself, for Israelis (https://bitorama.com https://bitorama.com), and I'm pretty hopeful about it.
That said, the EU is a pretty big and diverse place. Would a guy from Romania or Finland be more likely to find stories that interest him in an EU-wide site rather than in HN? I'm not convinced. Maybe a more regional approach is required.
Then again, I could be proven wrong. So best of luck to the guys running the site!
- pestaa 15y ago> Would a guy from Romania or Finland be more likely > to find stories that interest him in an EU-wide > site rather than in HN? That was my thinking too. There are lots of small countries with relatively small hacker communities that don't generate that much news on a regular basis. That said, I've always struggled finding EU-based services, so this might be their chance!