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Hacker News is reddit, reddit is Hacker News. I think the only alternative is go create a competing site with heavier, visible moderation. A non-political Hac
by kmfrk 13y ago
Hacker News is reddit, reddit is Hacker News.
I think the only alternative is go create a competing site with heavier, visible moderation.
A non-political Hacker News might have enough people interest to garner a decent audience. I am pretty fed up with the screeds myself and would welcome any (well-executed) alternative.
I haven't seen any competing sites/CMSes that weren't incredibly half-assed.
- zokier 13y agoWhy a competing site instead of a subreddit?
- kmfrk 13y agoYou mean on reddit? Subreddit don't have admins - only moderation. Better to have full control of the rules and the enforcement of them in your own place.
- DanBC 13y agoYou would need 2 competing sites. One for the HN alternative, and one for the sub-optimal HN alternative. When people flood the new HN with poor material you send them over to the less moderated site.
- kmfrk 13y agoThere are plenty of sub-optimal alternatives - I just don't want to name them. A lot of people who create alternatives have way too much confidence in "the launch". It's better if they actually have a good community to show for it instead of some glorified CMS with "potential". Hacker News like success stories, so that would be a good angle to promote a new community with - rather than announcing an inconsequential launch.