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I'm not sure what the needs of the Hardware startup community are but I'm not a fan of the super specific subreddits. /r/startups isn't really that subscribed o

I'm not sure what the needs of the Hardware startup community are but I'm not a fan of the super specific subreddits. /r/startups isn't really that subscribed or busy, why not just post articles there?

nickpinkston 14y ago
Yea, this is fair point, but if you saw what we're seeing in HardwareLand, you'd see that we very underrepresented and feel VERY different from the standard startup crowd. There's some similarities that HN does very well on - general lean startup stuff, etc., but HN will never be a community that up-votes "How to manufacture in China" type articles more than "How to Deploy X web stack in Y way" ones.
- nabilt 14y ago
  I agree 100%. Here are some other hardware related subreddits I follow. ECE ------- http://www.reddit.com/r/electronics http://www.reddit.com/r/electronics http://www.reddit.com/r/ECE http://www.reddit.com/r/ECE http://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics http://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics http://www.reddit.com/r/DSP http://www.reddit.com/r/DSP http://www.reddit.com/r/ECEComponentExchange http://www.reddit.com/r/ECEComponentExchange RF ---- http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR http://www.reddit.com/r/GNURadio http://www.reddit.com/r/GNURadio http://www.reddit.com/r/rfelectronics http://www.reddit.com/r/rfelectronics Maker --------- http://www.reddit.com/r/maker http://www.reddit.com/r/maker
  - EwanG 14y ago
    My favorite: http://www.reddit.com/BuildaPC http://www.reddit.com/BuildaPC Something that most folks can do, and get a better product for the same dollars. Not to mention gaining many of the advantages about learning hardware as programming gives you on software.
    - joshu 14y ago
      i subscribed for a while, but it's mostly about what's the fastest video card per dollar. blah. the rest are talking about actually making things, this one is about buying stuff. not the same thing at all. do you really think building a pc gives insight into programming!?
  - nickpinkston 14y ago
    Great idea to add relevant sub-Reddits - just put some of those on there!
makmanalp 14y ago
It's a control issue. If you start a new subreddit, you "own" that subreddit, and can control posts etc. Also, since you're a mod, your posts garner more attention.

nickpinkston 14y ago

Yea, this is fair point, but if you saw what we're seeing in HardwareLand, you'd see that we very underrepresented and feel VERY different from the standard startup crowd. There's some similarities that HN does very well on - general lean startup stuff, etc., but HN will never be a community that up-votes "How to manufacture in China" type articles more than "How to Deploy X web stack in Y way" ones.

nabilt 14y ago
I agree 100%. Here are some other hardware related subreddits I follow. ECE ------- http://www.reddit.com/r/electronics http://www.reddit.com/r/electronics http://www.reddit.com/r/ECE http://www.reddit.com/r/ECE http://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics http://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics http://www.reddit.com/r/DSP http://www.reddit.com/r/DSP http://www.reddit.com/r/ECEComponentExchange http://www.reddit.com/r/ECEComponentExchange RF ---- http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR http://www.reddit.com/r/GNURadio http://www.reddit.com/r/GNURadio http://www.reddit.com/r/rfelectronics http://www.reddit.com/r/rfelectronics Maker --------- http://www.reddit.com/r/maker http://www.reddit.com/r/maker
- EwanG 14y ago
  My favorite: http://www.reddit.com/BuildaPC http://www.reddit.com/BuildaPC Something that most folks can do, and get a better product for the same dollars. Not to mention gaining many of the advantages about learning hardware as programming gives you on software.
  - joshu 14y ago
    i subscribed for a while, but it's mostly about what's the fastest video card per dollar. blah. the rest are talking about actually making things, this one is about buying stuff. not the same thing at all. do you really think building a pc gives insight into programming!?
- nickpinkston 14y ago
  Great idea to add relevant sub-Reddits - just put some of those on there!

makmanalp 14y ago

It's a control issue. If you start a new subreddit, you "own" that subreddit, and can control posts etc. Also, since you're a mod, your posts garner more attention.