If Hacker News tried building a social network, we'd spend the whole time arguing about every single micro-decision and getting nowhere.
Ask HN: How might HN build a social network together?
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#12I am sure it will work in browser with javascript disabled.
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#13I think what would really be great is a social media site that doesn't offer direct image or video hosting. A bit like how reddit used to be. You just have link aggregation, voting, and comments. That's it. Maybe in a nice, clean, minimal UI as well. This would lend itself to tech folk I think. If only it existed.
so hacker news
I suspect GP was being facetious.
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#14Personally, I think something like mastodon is better for this purpose.
You can post your HN related stuff hashtagged #hackernews and others might follow.
That being said - IMHO if you want a social network or community, don’t call it a “communal product”. Products are for making money and whatnot.
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#15Re: Ask HN: How might HN build a social network together?
#16Building a social network “product” is easy, entry level engineers build Reddit and Twitter clones during bootcamps.
I think the right question is “How could we build a network and keep people coming back?”
That’s the hardest thing to do, even with millions behind your back.
Ask Google Buzz, Orkut, iTunes Ping, Vine, Google Plus…
Re: Ask HN: How might HN build a social network together?
#17Personally, I think something like mastodon is better for this purpose. You can post your HN related stuff hashtagged #hackernews and others might follow. That being said - IMHO if you want a social network or community, don’t call it a “communal product”. Products are for making money and whatnot.
Should social media be a profit-driven enterprise as a civilization-scale product?
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#18> How could we build a communal product for the public?
If it would be a product, what is it going to be sold personal info, ads, what?
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#19Re: Ask HN: How might HN build a social network together?
#20You’ve got one already, it’s called Hacker News.
I would argue that HN is a collective not a social network.
Mods agree - if bot replies became high quality enough to meet human standards here, dang is ok with allowing them. This site’s managers value the content quality, with no value given to social qualities