Ask HN: Would You Invest in Hackernoon?

#1

Post by azujus » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 8:28 AM UTC

I just learned they are raising money, I am no way connected to them and don't know much about this, so I wondered what you all think?

Re: Ask HN: Would You Invest in Hackernoon?

#2

Post by Nextgrid » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 10:59 AM UTC

Maybe if they get off Medium so I can actually read their stories?

But even then, from my experience they don't have much in-depth content. They seem to be doing quantity over quality.

Re: Ask HN: Would You Invest in Hackernoon?

#3

Post by zubairq » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 12:28 PM UTC

What are the potential "future" Hackernoon business models? If you can't answer that, then don't invest

Re: Ask HN: Would You Invest in Hackernoon?

#4

Post by gtsteve » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 12:31 PM UTC

I see their articles all over the place but it seems crazy that they aren't in control of their own publishing platform. I actually thought they were just an offshoot of Medium to begin with.

They do seem to be doing good things but it's still investing in digital publishing in 2019 which seems to me at best risky. If I could afford to lose the money I might give it a shot.

I really don't know about crowdfunding in general though. Has anyone actually made a decent return on investment in this way? Any success stories I don't know about?

Re: Ask HN: Would You Invest in Hackernoon?

#5

Post by fredgrott » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 12:41 PM UTC

Nextgrid wrote: post #2

Maybe if they get off Medium so I can actually read their stories? But even then, from my experience they don't have much in-depth content. They seem to be doing quantity over quality.

my bias, I have published articles under hacker noon...

it seems its quantity as I can find other medium pub groups that actually review articles only pub those meeting their quality guidelines. For instance, ProAndroidDev has better articles and it shows in the higher view rates.