Show HN: An Alternative to Reddit

#1

Post by ryanmelt » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 2:54 AM UTC

Show HN: An Alternative to Reddit
narf.com

Re: Show HN: An Alternative to Reddit

#2

Post by ryanmelt » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 2:57 AM UTC

Hi Everyone. This my new product - Narf - A user curated news site. A lot like Hacker News, which I love, but where people use their real identities. My theory is that real identities will help produce great conversations... Would love any feedback you have to give.

Re: Show HN: An Alternative to Reddit

#3

Post by dwynings » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 3:10 AM UTC

Maybe you could use embedly to pull in a picture from the submission, instead of using the alternating robots.

Re: Show HN: An Alternative to Reddit

#4

Post by ryanmelt » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 3:13 AM UTC

dwynings wrote: post #3

Maybe you could use embedly to pull in a picture from the submission, instead of using the alternating robots.

I'm hoping the robots are temporary. When users submit stories it shows their pictures. I've considered using embedly or writing something of my own though. What do you think is better, user pictures or a picture from the linked to page?

Re: Show HN: An Alternative to Reddit

#5

Post by yoasif_ » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 3:24 AM UTC

Looks nice -- is this built on Twitter bootstrap?

Re: Show HN: An Alternative to Reddit

#6

Post by ktsmith » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 3:28 AM UTC

ryanmelt wrote: post #4

dwynings wrote: post #3

Maybe you could use embedly to pull in a picture from the submission, instead of using the alternating robots.

I'm hoping the robots are temporary. When users submit stories it shows their pictures. I've considered using embedly or writing something of my own though. What do you think is better, user pictures or a picture from the linked to page?

I'd rather not see the users pictures at all. With most sites it seems you end up with a few bulk submitters in each category. Seeing their faces/avatars over and over again would get really old really fast. I could see it also potentially altering voting behavior. There are certain users on all social media sites (reddit and hn included) where some users will be upvoted/downvoted just due to their popularity or "fame". A visual indicator might increase those trends as they are faster to spot.

Re: Show HN: An Alternative to Reddit

#7

Post by ryanmelt » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 3:32 AM UTC

yoasif_ wrote: post #5

Looks nice -- is this built on Twitter bootstrap?

I am using bootstrap... only for a few things like the topic completion javascript and for a basic css framework. It was a great way to get the site going. I hoped it wasn't obvious. :)

Re: Show HN: An Alternative to Reddit

#8

Post by ryanmelt » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 3:33 AM UTC

ktsmith wrote: post #6

ryanmelt wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm hoping the robots are temporary. When users submit stories it shows their pictures. I've considered using embedly or writing something of my own though. What do you think is better, user pictures or a picture from the linked to page?

I'd rather not see the users pictures at all. With most sites it seems you end up with a few bulk submitters in each category. Seeing their faces/avatars over and over again would get really old really fast. I could see it also potentially altering voting behavior. There are certain users on all social media sites (reddit and hn included) where some users will be upvoted/downvoted just due to their popularity or "fam…

Ok. I'll look into using pictures from stories and maybe try some A/B testing once I get more users.

Re: Show HN: An Alternative to Reddit

#9

Post by dwynings » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 3:54 AM UTC

ryanmelt wrote: post #4

dwynings wrote: post #3

Maybe you could use embedly to pull in a picture from the submission, instead of using the alternating robots.

I'm hoping the robots are temporary. When users submit stories it shows their pictures. I've considered using embedly or writing something of my own though. What do you think is better, user pictures or a picture from the linked to page?

Definitely a picture from the linked story. I don't really care who the submitter is.

Re: Show HN: An Alternative to Reddit

#10

Post by ryanmelt » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 3:58 AM UTC

dwynings wrote: post #9

ryanmelt wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm hoping the robots are temporary. When users submit stories it shows their pictures. I've considered using embedly or writing something of my own though. What do you think is better, user pictures or a picture from the linked to page?

Definitely a picture from the linked story. I don't really care who the submitter is.

Thanks for feedback guys. I'll try and implement this tomorrow.