Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

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Post by atko » Wed, May 07, 2014, 8:26 PM UTC

Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community
whoaverse.com

Re: Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

#2

Post by atko » Wed, May 07, 2014, 8:30 PM UTC

I am a 2nd year CS student and this is my side project. The point of the project is to help me better understand asp.net mvc, jquery, sql and all the other bells and whistles that are required to develop something like this. So far, about 90 man hours have gone into this project (only 1 developer). I am constantly improving it and I would love to hear your comments. Go easy on me :)

ps. the site is running on a rather limited VPS instance which costs me about $15/month.

Re: Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

#3

Post by thebiglebrewski » Wed, May 07, 2014, 8:49 PM UTC

Woah, this isn't just reddit-like, this is like, a direct clone. Did you copy their HTML/CSS file?

Re: Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

#4

Post by atko » Wed, May 07, 2014, 8:53 PM UTC

thebiglebrewski wrote: post #3

Woah, this isn't just reddit-like, this is like, a direct clone. Did you copy their HTML/CSS file?

Yes, I used reddit css file with attribution. Attibution is on the about page: http://whoaverse.com/about

Re: Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

#5

Post by atko » Wed, May 07, 2014, 8:54 PM UTC

65 people browsing the site right now... please don't kill my VPS :p

Re: Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

#6

Post by Mandatum » Wed, May 07, 2014, 9:02 PM UTC

Your name-generation for those automated accounts are hilarious.

Re: Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

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Post by joshmlewis » Wed, May 07, 2014, 9:02 PM UTC

atko wrote: post #4

thebiglebrewski wrote: post #3

Woah, this isn't just reddit-like, this is like, a direct clone. Did you copy their HTML/CSS file?

Yes, I used reddit css file with attribution. Attibution is on the about page: http://whoaverse.com/about

Ha, I don't know if it's ok to rip people's CSS file and then "attribute" it unless they specifically say that's ok it's still copyrighted.

Re: Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

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Post by joshmlewis » Wed, May 07, 2014, 9:03 PM UTC

atko wrote: post #2

I am a 2nd year CS student and this is my side project. The point of the project is to help me better understand asp.net mvc, jquery, sql and all the other bells and whistles that are required to develop something like this. So far, about 90 man hours have gone into this project (only 1 developer). I am constantly improving it and I would love to hear your comments. Go easy on me :) ps. the site is running on a rathe…

I applaud you doing this from scratch (besides stealing Reddits styles), it sounds like you've learned a lot. How'd you decide on this project?

Re: Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

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Post by andymcsherry » Wed, May 07, 2014, 9:05 PM UTC

joshmlewis wrote: post #7

atko wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I used reddit css file with attribution. Attibution is on the about page: http://whoaverse.com/about

Ha, I don't know if it's ok to rip people's CSS file and then "attribute" it unless they specifically say that's ok it's still copyrighted.

Reddit publishes it on github, the license is here: https://github.com/reddit/reddit/blob/master/LICENSE

Re: Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

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Post by atko » Wed, May 07, 2014, 9:06 PM UTC

joshmlewis wrote: post #7

atko wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I used reddit css file with attribution. Attibution is on the about page: http://whoaverse.com/about

Ha, I don't know if it's ok to rip people's CSS file and then "attribute" it unless they specifically say that's ok it's still copyrighted.

Reddit CPAL license (Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0 (CPAL)) states so.