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

#102

Post by Kwpolska »

The discovery experience is terrible. There’s a feed of recent comments, but the largest and most noticeable piece of content is the podcast artwork, not the comment text (and the layout feels a bit unintuitive). To find podcasts, I would need to manually copy all podcast names into the (very slow) search box. And then most of them would have 0 comments, since the service is new, or my podcast taste is niche. It might be better to have a list of shows, sorted by comment count (or otherwise popularity on your site).

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

#103

Post by zeven7 »

wolframhempel wrote: post #77
waylandsmithers wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My thoughts exactly... I'm not sure if you can call it a reddit for podcasts if there's no logged out view

I'm not sure I'm following. You can jump into any podcast discussion via the homepage, either by clicking a comment or by searching for a podcast. You don't need an account to see discussion boards and you can even comment anonymously.

> I'm not sure I'm following

Sign out of reddit and take a look at the homepage. You will see something very different from your homepage. It is a much easier interface to get started with. I lurked on reddit's homepage for a year before I ever created an account or looked into specific subreddits that might interest me.

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

#104

Post by [deleted] »

Kwpolska wrote: post #102

The discovery experience is terrible. There’s a feed of recent comments, but the largest and most noticeable piece of content is the podcast artwork, not the comment text (and the layout feels a bit unintuitive). To find podcasts, I would need to manually copy all podcast names into the (very slow) search box. And then most of them would have 0 comments, since the service is new, or my podcast taste is niche. It migh…

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

#106

Post by penneyd »

closedloop129 wrote: post #42
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... )

The main point is not whether it's free or not but that the main page is a landing page. If you visit Reddit, you immediately see content, you are one click away from reading comments. Registering is optional and comes naturally when you want to write a comment yourself. To convince your visitors, your site is just a landing page. It requires commitment to an account before it is possible to judge the site. I don't h…

I agree with this, I clicked to check it out and left after it appeared I had to sign up, sure I'm not alone.

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

#109

Post by TameAntelope »

float4 wrote: post #83

First podcast on the right: Ben Shapiro. So I scroll down to check out the second podcast: Jordan Peterson. Not really in the mood to join such a community.

Those are two of the most popular voices in this medium, it'd be needlessly limiting to exclude them if you're trying to launch a business around discussing podcasts.

For every one of you, there may be a dozen people who are attracted to the platform for the fact that these two are included.

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

#110

Post by TameAntelope »

irrational wrote: post #39
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.

It sounds to me like you only visit the larger toxic subreddits. There are many hobby subreddits where the tone is positive and uplifting. It’s not Reddit as a whole that is the problem, but what subreddits you are visiting. Here is a hint, any subreddit that makes it to r/popular should never be visited.

There are also many hobby subreddits where the moderators are jerks and have zero clue how to manage or grow a community.

There may be some "goldilocks" subreddit size, but IMO there are approaching zero Reddit communities that are "healthily" run, probably because most of the people involved (users, mods) are literal, actual children.

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