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Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years

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Post by bee_rider »

twic wrote: post #105
alexb_ wrote: post #23

I feel like having people get paid for upvotes is going to create a massive amount of bad incentives.

So each user puts a dollar a month into upvote cash. I think i upvote ~10 things per day on Reddit. I use Reddit most days, so say 250 things a month. Given the same pattern of behaviour, each one of my upvotes is worth 0.4 cents. A post getting 1000 upvotes earns $4. That's already quite a lot of upvotes, enough to get on the first page of a reasonably big sub. Posts on r/all (today, which may be abnormal) are at 10…

I probably upvote more like 1-2 things a day (on Hackernews, I don’t have a Reddit account). I’m pretty curious what effect it would have, that my opinion would be “worth” (in this sort of system of course—in reality, my opinion is worth very little!) around 10x as much as yours.

Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years

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Post by moffkalast »

vinnymac wrote: post #27

Mobile browser support is a little problematic. A couple of things I noticed immediately, that you may want to consider. - landing page is not responsive, hard to read on Safari on iOS - login screen in-app couldn’t be closed, had to navigate away to exit, perhaps a hidden icon somewhere? - comment threads seemed to have the same issues on iOS as the landing page Definitely like the direction you took for the UI, loo…

Ah yes, Webkit on mobile continues to be the bane of every web dev's existence.

Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years

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Post by DSMan195276 »

shmatt wrote: post #95
jjcm wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did, but they weren't a fan of the paid model for interaction: https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/147qzfb...

I swear, the current protests have shined a very odd light on the average commenting Redditor, they want * The website to be free * The API to be cheap * The ability to use a 3rd party app that does not track, advertise, or monetize you in any way * VCs to continue to pour hundreds of millions of dollars to run the site and never ask for an ROI Good luck kids

> * The ability to use a 3rd party app that does not track, advertise, or monetize you in any way

I disagree on this point - I'm pretty sure all the big 3rd party apps at least have ads. The problem is fundamentally just that the 3rd party apps are a lot better than the official app, and have been for some time. If Reddit had made the official app better (which they've had _years_ to do) then significantly less people would care about any of this.

They also could have gone the Spotify route, which I think would have gone over significantly better - Keep the API as-is, but require a paid premium account login to use it. Functionally it's not even really a difference, but it means Reddit deals with all the details rather than the 3rd party apps. However, functionally the goal was to simply price the 3rd party apps out of existence, so that's probably why they didn't do this.

It's also pretty clear from the response that they never thought this through, which is hard to believe. They had to have it pointed out to them that tons of stuff currently uses the API which has no replacement, you'd think they'd have reviewed what currently uses the API before drastically changing it. Reddit has gotten significant value for free by having people write code against their API, that's code they didn't need to write themselves.

Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years

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Post by carlosjobim »

sosodev wrote: post #115
shmatt wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I swear, the current protests have shined a very odd light on the average commenting Redditor, they want * The website to be free * The API to be cheap * The ability to use a 3rd party app that does not track, advertise, or monetize you in any way * VCs to continue to pour hundreds of millions of dollars to run the site and never ask for an ROI Good luck kids

That's just the average internet user. They want something for nothing and often get it. If you do ask for a few dollars a month you have to provide a ton of perceived value. That's despite the fact that they would spend it on snacks without hesitation.

That is the sad truth, the minds of most people disintegrate completely from all kind of logic or soundness when "free" is in the equation. People line up for long times to get free food that would've cost them a couple of bucks, people who are highly paid spend hours and weeks of their life arguing on the internet about why they can't and won't pay $5 for some software or online service.

As patience of creators and curators begin to run more thin, today's information society will split into tiers of those who pay and get good information vs those who demand free and will splash around in the filth of the free information sewers. The filth being ads, spyware, malware, low quality content, spiritually harmful content, government propaganda and worse.

Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years

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Post by InCityDreams »

Jzush wrote: post #170

This seems like a great idea, I'd consider popping in and registering but I would have to wonder how you would handle things like NSFW content? I don't know what payment processor you're using but I have to assume it'd fall prey to the same issues that onlyfans and others had. What about keeping objectively terrible content off the platform? I won't name it but we all know what I'm talking about. I think spelling out…

>objectively terrible content off the platform? I won't name it but we all know what I'm talking about.

When the politicians arrive you will have a runaway success. Unfortunately politicians tend to be followed by more 'objectively terrible content'. Funny how that works.

Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years

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Post by stickfigure »

Depending on how fast you can execute it may be too late, but right now you have a brief window of opportunity to get a seedbed of users.

Reproduce the Reddit API exactly such that these soon-to-be-defunct client apps can work with minimal changes (ideally, just a configurable root domain). Reach out to the client authors and see if they will enable your site. Maybe you'll capture some of those user communities.

Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years

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Post by this_user »

root_axis wrote: post #36

Congrats on the hard work, and the idea is fine, but the problem is that tech like this is a cheap commodity in a massively oversaturated space, and without a hook that makes the platform exceptional (innovative/clever/beautiful design, unique aggregation features, inherently interesting content, reimagined user/content/moderation dynamics etc etc), this kind of thing is dead in the water because it lacks a network e…

The font on the root domains is also really small, at least on a desktop FF. You also can't really interact with anything except for the (very small) "log in" and "register" buttons at the top right corner, which is really frustrating if you are looking for some actual content. In fact, there seems to be no way of getting to the content at all via link. Lastly, the image in the top right is distracting, because it drags the user's focus there and away from the left side where the text starts; your eyes aren't really sure where they should be looking.
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