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Re: Non-Hacker News

#31

Post by aj » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 5:45 AM UTC

Checking it out.. But why are the contents of the welcome post on the front page itself?

Ps. I can be a moderator if you still need another one. Id: Anant

Re: Non-Hacker News

#32

Post by whatusername » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 5:53 AM UTC

mattmaroon wrote: post #13

alaskamiller wrote: post #12

Reddit?

But with the very key addition of moderation.

DMCA Safeharbour?

Not that there's much to sue --> But my understanding is that say if someone put up the HD DVD key - if you moderate - then you lose the "it wasn't us - it was the users" defence.

Re: Non-Hacker News

#33

Post by jfarmer » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 5:58 AM UTC

Alex3917 wrote: post #2

According the FAQ, anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity is on topic. Does this mean that on-topic for nonhackernews is anything that does not gratify one's intellectual curiosity?

lolcats here I come!

Re: Non-Hacker News

#34

Post by boredguy8 » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 6:11 AM UTC

"Not" doesn't have much appeal. Good luck, though!

Re: Non-Hacker News

#35

Post by bootload » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 7:08 AM UTC

"... I've created a slinkset ..."

Tried it but having trouble putting a non-hackernews article. Also noted if you have a slinkset login, you should be able to login straight away.

Re: Non-Hacker News

#36

Post by doubleplus » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 7:14 AM UTC

jotto wrote: post #23

rrf wrote: post #4

The creation of a non-hacker news site seems a bit knee-jerk. Would it not have been better to have waited a few days to see how the recent debate has affected the quality of submissions?

I think the problem has more to do with sarcastic comments - people take them personally and start useless wars, and then memes.

Yeah, people totally take them "personally"and start "useless wars."

Re: Non-Hacker News

#37

Post by mattmaroon » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 7:55 AM UTC

rantfoil wrote: post #29

mattmaroon wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am most impressed at how easy it is to set up. I'm having some problem with the domain names, but it might by my fault or dynadot's.

Wait 24 hours and it should be all kosher. DNS is always a PITA.

It wasn't DNS, since I'm using the registrar's and just doing a CNAME entry, so I never changed nameservers. It actually had something to do with a cookie apparently. Now it all seems to be working fine.

There was something about the redirect looping. I have so little clue about that stuff. Either way though, it's not a slinkset problem.

Re: Non-Hacker News

#38

Post by mattmaroon » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 7:57 AM UTC

aj wrote: post #31

Checking it out.. But why are the contents of the welcome post on the front page itself? Ps. I can be a moderator if you still need another one. Id: Anant

Not sure. I thought it would put the link there and then the text once you clicked it, but that's how it behaved.

At least it should be gone soon.

Re: Non-Hacker News

#39

Post by mdolon » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 8:17 AM UTC

alaskamiller wrote: post #22

mattmaroon wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But with the very key addition of moderation.

I actually wish someone just throw up a vbulletin install for all the off-topic discussions. That's really what people want. All these Ask YC/HN stuff, people wanting profiles or avatars, etc.

done... http://www.thehackerforum.com/

Re: Non-Hacker News

#40

Post by rgrieselhuber » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 8:24 AM UTC

I think it's a cool idea. Hackers tend (IMO) to take a gestalt view on the world which makes them naturally interested in much more than just programming and startups. If HN isn't the place to satisfy those needs, I don't mind seeing someone else give it a go.