Ask HN: Would you frequent a HN for lifehacks?

#1

Post by d4 » Mon, Jan 03, 2011, 5:42 AM UTC

The idea: A HN for lifehacks: fitness, productivity, nutrition, Zen Habits- and Tim Ferriss-type material. Would you frequent it?

Re: Ask HN: Would you frequent a HN for lifehacks?

#2

Post by david_shaw » Mon, Jan 03, 2011, 6:31 AM UTC

Sure, sounds great; except what's to differentiate it from the actual sites like Lifehacker, Zen Habits et al? Aren't these links aggregated by even other social news websites such as Reddit (or dare I say Digg)?

Don't get me wrong, I'll hear you out and I'm certainly interested, but it's hard to get excited about "let's re-create xyz" posts. What makes this idea unique?

Re: Ask HN: Would you frequent a HN for lifehacks?

#3

Post by davidjhall » Mon, Jan 03, 2011, 6:36 AM UTC

Sounds like this would be better as a stack exchange mini-site? I went there and didn't see any lifehack, diy, etc.

Re: Ask HN: Would you frequent a HN for lifehacks?

#4

Post by d4 » Mon, Jan 03, 2011, 6:47 AM UTC

david_shaw wrote: post #2

Sure, sounds great; except what's to differentiate it from the actual sites like Lifehacker, Zen Habits et al? Aren't these links aggregated by even other social news websites such as Reddit (or dare I say Digg)? Don't get me wrong, I'll hear you out and I'm certainly interested, but it's hard to get excited about "let's re-create xyz" posts. What makes this idea unique?

Good point.

Many blogs like Zen Habits don't offer fostered conversations. Zen Habits doesn't even offer commenting, resulting in a subreddit with 6k subscribers: http://www.reddit.com/r/zenhabits (many of which links aren't from zenhabits). Lifehacker doesn't offer much fitness-related content (How can I bulk up quickly? etc). They tend to aggregate everything as well -> too much noise.