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> a clone of HN I've been working on that adds subscriptions and ad slot bidding Wut, what's the purpose of that? Is this just a toy learning project? Would it
by lucb1e 9mo ago
> a clone of HN I've been working on that adds subscriptions and ad slot bidding
Wut, what's the purpose of that? Is this just a toy learning project? Would it be to make money off of people who don't know that an ad-free version of HN exists at news.ycombinator.com? Will you try to sell it to Ycombinator?
- ceroxylon 9mo agoI am hoping they are developing it as a satirical art project, otherwise... yikes; needing a credit card and an ad blocker to use HN would be very depressing and is counter to everything I enjoy about this forum.
- namanyayg 9mo agoA "clone" usually doesn't mean that they'll copy the content, but the idea, like Ola is a clone of Uber. (Though they probably should've said a link aggregator instead of HN clone.)
- all2 9mo ago> (Though they probably should've said a link aggregator instead of HN clone.) That's fair. It is a feature-to-feature clone, though.
- all2 9mo agoMostly just learning, to be honest. I'm not trying to replace HN, I'm just fiddling around and seeing what I can do and what I can't. My long term purpose is to provide the source code for communities/creators that want something simple to set up, and specifically allow creators to gate content behind a paywall. I'm sure stuff like that exists, but I hope what I build will be at least somewhat use-able.