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Re: Show HN: A Reddit style site to discuss podcast episodes

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Post by sudden_dystopia » Fri, May 27, 2022, 11:18 AM UTC

There is only one episode of the largest podcast so looks like you have some work to do still.

Re: Show HN: A Reddit style site to discuss podcast episodes

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Post by wolframhempel » Fri, May 27, 2022, 11:24 AM UTC

Sakos wrote: post #20

wolframhempel wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Podbabble is free for users. It only charges you if you want to become a verified host and moderate your podcast boards. To me, this is preferable to selling your data and advertising to you. ( https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy-revision-2021... )

I think it's odd to give sole control of moderation to podcast creators. It quickly leads to creators sanitising feedback to prefer only positive feedback.

That's fair and its something we will have to get right over time. But its also tricky to find an ethical monetization model for social media.

You can sell your user's data to advertisers, or you can sell control or you can find some other channel.

We're e.g. playing with the idea to add a live podcasting feature that allows user's to comment and tip during a show a la Twitch.

Re: Show HN: A Reddit style site to discuss podcast episodes

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Post by wolframhempel » Fri, May 27, 2022, 11:25 AM UTC

sudden_dystopia wrote: post #21

There is only one episode of the largest podcast so looks like you have some work to do still.

that's not good - which one is that?

Re: Show HN: A Reddit style site to discuss podcast episodes

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Post by jamil7 » Fri, May 27, 2022, 11:35 AM UTC

I couldn't find a way to delete an account, so signup with a burner if you want to check it out.

Re: Show HN: A Reddit style site to discuss podcast episodes

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Post by probably_wrong » Fri, May 27, 2022, 11:37 AM UTC

I like that I can read a comment for a podcast I've never heard of before and jump into the exact timestamp being discussed with a single click. I also like that I can read comments without logging in, so I can judge the quality of the discussion before deciding to sign up.

Things that could be improved: the site is a bit slow and I got at least one broken image - I imagine it is getting HN'd right now, though, so I'll check again later. I also agree with the main page being unfriendly - if it weren't for the side bar, I would have probably never tried it. I also wanted to go to a show's full list of discussions, but I didn't find a way.

Overall I like it.

Re: Show HN: A Reddit style site to discuss podcast episodes

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Post by wolframhempel » Fri, May 27, 2022, 11:44 AM UTC

jamil7 wrote: post #24

I couldn't find a way to delete an account, so signup with a burner if you want to check it out.

You can comment anonymously if you wish

Re: Show HN: A Reddit style site to discuss podcast episodes

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Post by jamil7 » Fri, May 27, 2022, 11:47 AM UTC

wolframhempel wrote: post #26

jamil7 wrote: post #24

I couldn't find a way to delete an account, so signup with a burner if you want to check it out.

You can comment anonymously if you wish

I didn't realise that thanks, however you still need to give people a way to delete their account.

Re: Show HN: A Reddit style site to discuss podcast episodes

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Post by troika » Fri, May 27, 2022, 11:56 AM UTC

jamil7 wrote: post #27

wolframhempel wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can comment anonymously if you wish

I didn't realise that thanks, however you still need to give people a way to delete their account.

Absolutely, of course. We've just launched and there are a number of features missing

Re: Show HN: A Reddit style site to discuss podcast episodes

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Post by bin_bash » Fri, May 27, 2022, 12:06 PM UTC

Sakos wrote: post #19

raspberry1337 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>The Reddit for podcast episodes is Reddit. Yes and this is the problem, reddit is reddit and the comment-quality is terribly low, often toxic and dominated by a certain ideology that is particularly dominant and vocal on reddit in particular. I think this has potential if they manage to keep the comment quality higher, somehow.

This is highly dependent on the moderators. If you have good moderators, you can have a subreddit with quality posts and comments rivaling HN. If you have bad ones, it can (and will) devolve into toxicity and ideological bubbling. I've seen both and I've seen ones in between. That said, maybe I'm just not in the loop, but I'm not aware of any subreddit dedicated to reviewing podcast episodes. Also, I'm not sure the R…

I was a heavy user of Reddit since it came out until about a year ago. I left precisely because it felt like every single subreddit I was talking to children.

Re: Show HN: A Reddit style site to discuss podcast episodes

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Post by bnralt » Fri, May 27, 2022, 12:10 PM UTC

pHollda wrote: post #10

This is unnecessary. The Reddit for podcast episodes is Reddit.

Indeed. And I was just thinking about how sites like Reddit and Hacker News are terrible when it comes to discussing things like podcasts or building a community. An active web forum is what would be really useful.

For example, the podcast subs I frequent on Reddit often have people posting the same questions over and over again. A forum would simply aggregate them into one post that gets bumped to the top when someone comments, perhaps with the first post collating all the information as time goes on. But on the Reddit style boards, the discussion disappears soon after it's posted, just when the information starts to get there. It drops off the front page forever, and a couple days later someone comes along asking the exact same thing. Every podcast discussion starts from scratch, and ends soon afterwards. If you're a day or two late to a discussion, chances are no one will even your response.