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Re: Ask HN: Would you be interested in a “cyberpunk” inspired news site?

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Post by a3n »

escape_goat wrote: post #23

I think that of course most people here would be generally interested in reading such content, and if you can make a compelling case that there is a niche or intersection of interests that isn't well represented at a level of depth/complexity, then you have an interesting proposal. However, you are describing two very different things. With a blog, one simply begins to write blog posts. There is no other approach to…

A blog can be the first step to something bigger. "Just start" would be the blog version.

Re: Ask HN: Would you be interested in a “cyberpunk” inspired news site?

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scryder wrote: post #29
brudgers wrote: post #4

Everything I have read and heard about successful blogs is that people write regularly for a year or two or more and eventually people care enough to pay attention. There are probably several reasons: 1. Writing and publishing everyday or so over a sustained period of time improves a person's skill at writing in general and writing for an audience in particular. 2. One of the ways popular blogs capture first time rea…

>I can go just about anywhere for a random mix of subject You're not wrong that this is short-term easier to establish an audience, but your long-term goal is to get to a point where a hypothetical reader of your blog will say "Well, yeah, you could find that topic anywhere, but personally I'm more interested in $NAME's opinion on the topic". The best way to establish that is put out really good content until you've…

The quoted phrase was made in regard to creating a news site. I interpreted the original question as considering a news site to be an alternative to a blog. My apologies for the confusion.

Re: Ask HN: Would you be interested in a “cyberpunk” inspired news site?

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scryder wrote: post #29
brudgers wrote: post #4

Everything I have read and heard about successful blogs is that people write regularly for a year or two or more and eventually people care enough to pay attention. There are probably several reasons: 1. Writing and publishing everyday or so over a sustained period of time improves a person's skill at writing in general and writing for an audience in particular. 2. One of the ways popular blogs capture first time rea…

>I can go just about anywhere for a random mix of subject You're not wrong that this is short-term easier to establish an audience, but your long-term goal is to get to a point where a hypothetical reader of your blog will say "Well, yeah, you could find that topic anywhere, but personally I'm more interested in $NAME's opinion on the topic". The best way to establish that is put out really good content until you've…

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Re: Ask HN: Would you be interested in a “cyberpunk” inspired news site?

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Post by exolymph »

peterwwillis wrote: post #21
DanBC wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They probably meant cyberpunk, since they mentioned the combination of techology and social impact. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk is an aesthetic, Cypherpunk is sociopolitical. Thematically there is very little different between cyberpunk and steampunk.

You might enjoy this essay I wrote about cyberpunk politics: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/10/27/the-cyberpunk-sensibil...

Re: Ask HN: Would you be interested in a “cyberpunk” inspired news site?

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Post by a3n »

Overtonwindow wrote: post #33

Only if it meets the following criteria: 1) Apolitical. No editorializing. No political opinions what so ever. Just the absolutely facts. That's it. There is enough out there already that you're way behind the curve. However, IMHO, if you produce something that is apolitical, and stays on the facts without allowing your personal political ideology to bleed through, it would be really wonderful.

Privacy, cryptography, and even the uses of software in general are almost by definition political. By claiming "cyberpunk," it sounds like OP is proposing something exactly opposite of what you're suggesting.

Not that there's anything wrong with what you're suggesting, but it sounds like you're at the city counsel meeting for the new zoo, and you're saying "OK, but no animals."

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Post by nefitty »

escape_goat wrote: post #23

I think that of course most people here would be generally interested in reading such content, and if you can make a compelling case that there is a niche or intersection of interests that isn't well represented at a level of depth/complexity, then you have an interesting proposal. However, you are describing two very different things. With a blog, one simply begins to write blog posts. There is no other approach to…

Awesome summation of "business model" questions. I'll be referring to these questions for my current projects. Thanks!
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