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by waleedka 19y ago
I remember the previous version. This is much better. It's good that you pushed the listing to a second page. The overall design could be better, but it's good enough. Now, building a community is your biggest challenge. The age-old chicke
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by waleedka 19y ago
This discriminates against those who rarely post but when they do it's a gem.
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by waleedka 19y ago
A better way is to change the algorithm to compensate for the extra votes a story gets AFTER it becomes popular. For example: votes after the story made it to the home page get half the weight. Hiding votes removes one of the critical 'soc
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by waleedka 19y ago
Do you remember the name of the startup that you said have tried this a few years ago?
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Evan Williams: Think Less(blog.andrewparker.net)
2 points by waleedka 19y ago|0 comments
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by waleedka 19y ago
> I've been accused of posting this as a shameless attempt to get attention from YC. Weather it's to get attention or not, it's a good post and I enjoyed reading it. Plus, there is nothing wrong in marketing oneself. In fact, it's an im
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by waleedka 19y ago
This is a very good observation, and being a programmer I do see and feel the change. However, there is another force at play at the same time which pulls in the other direction: because software development got cheaper, there is more compe
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by waleedka 19y ago
Funding can slow you down, or make you faster. It depends on how you use it. I know what you're talking about; and yes, if used the wrong way, more resources are actually bad for you. But notice my emphasis on "speed", not number of employe
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by waleedka 19y ago
One reason he might need funding is to stay ahead of the competition. He has identified a good market, but now that the word is out, competition will emerge. And if he doesn't move fast enough he might lose his niche to faster competitors.
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by waleedka 19y ago
> I think the only real solution is to have a small community I share the same point of view, and that's what I'm building right now with my new startup. There has to be a balance somewhere. Too small, and you get a dead community that
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by waleedka 19y ago
I'm not sure this fixes it. Try to factor the human emotional side into the equation. For example, for an article that says "RoR sucks", what do you think Ruby enthusiasts will vote? Even if it's accurate, they'll still mark it as inaccurat
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by waleedka 19y ago
Well said. I need to think about this hard and deep. Obviously, this is a perfect-world scenario. Let's see how close we can get to it.
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by waleedka 19y ago
I see your point. So how about this: a community for people who like science, and another one for those who like politics, and so on. And, then, you choose to be a member of the science, astronomy, and politics clubs, and I choose to join t
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by waleedka 19y ago
> I'd rather not have to pick my communities. That's a true challenge due to how we make decisions. We, generally, don't want to feel that we're missing out on something. We want to get ALL the news. Although, in reality, we don't. By r
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by waleedka 19y ago
By doing so, you make the UI complex. Only a small percentage of people vote in social news sites as it is, even with the simple one-click up/down.
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by waleedka 19y ago
Edited: A web site doesn't have to cover ALL types of stories. This one doesn't cover politics or astronomy, for example. And, in fact, your point is more of an argument for a multi-community approach. Don't you think? For example, if you h
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by waleedka 19y ago
True; monetization requires big numbers. But why not split them into smaller communities? Rather than one huge home page, have a lot of smaller ones. And, then, allow the user to select the 5 or so that they like to participate in. Restric
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by waleedka 19y ago
It's not a voting problem, it's a scaling problem; I believe. Simply put: social news sites don't scale very well. As communities grow: 1. You and I can't get things on the home page any more. It becomes only for the well connected. 2. Su
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by waleedka 19y ago
Is it just me, or are all the proposed solutions more complicated than the original one?!! This article actually convinces me that I should continue to use the <br> tag.
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by waleedka 19y ago
I meant that, if you submitted your application two weeks ago, and they had already reviewed it (and probably made a decision about it); and then you resubmit today. How would the re-review happen? Do they compare with your old application
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by waleedka 19y ago
I wounder how they handle the resubmissions! If you resubmit, do they do a 'compare' with the older version to see what's new, or do they not start reviewing until the deadline passes.
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Ask YC: Did you wait until the last day too?
10 points by waleedka 19y ago|19 comments
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by waleedka 19y ago
LOL. I intended it as a joke, you know. In reality, though, a title like that would probably get many readers to click, but once they realize that the title is misleading, they'll down-vote it.
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by waleedka 19y ago
If you were to post it on reddit, how about this ;) Finally, the single most amazing tool that Ron Paul could use to be more productive [pic]
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by waleedka 19y ago
You didn't mention Redwood City. This is where I moved to four months ago, and I love it. The downtown is small, but beautiful with many restaurants most of them have outside seating because the weather is so nice. Actually, Redwood City us
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by waleedka 19y ago
Awesome. I just updated the blog post to mention your plugin and link to the latest script.
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by waleedka 19y ago
One little feature request. Can you list the threads in descending order by time of visit? This way, the ones I visit last show at the top. I think it can be done if you attach the time-stamp to the cookie, and then order by it.
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by waleedka 19y ago
Wow, very nice. Althogh my 'break time' link is gone :(. But, still, I really like it. Thanks a bunch.
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by waleedka 19y ago
Me too. I totally remember waiting in line for a taxi and then offering you my place. ;) Seriously, though. Very nice post. Thanks.
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by waleedka 19y ago
Super. Thanks akkartik. Can't wait to see the monitored threads list, that would be awesome.

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