The model of users paying money for the site means that there probably can’t be any discussion about file sharing or piracy at all. I remember this becoming an issue for the Something Awful forums a point time ago.
Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
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Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#242Congrats 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…
I agree with most of it and the mobile layout sucks for the marketing page.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#243Is it open-source? Is it based on open protocols? Does it support federation?
If the answer to any of these questions is no, then your product is irrelevant.
It's nothing personal. It's just that I'm sick and tired of centralized solutions running on somebody else's computers. At least this product makes its business model clear (a $2/month subscription fee for interacting).
But hey, I'm a guy who used to run phpBB forums on a Pentium 1 under my bed 20 years ago. Back then there were tons of those forums, most of us didn't ask users for any subscription money, there was no centralized gatekeeper, and everybody was happy. All of us used to curate our own small gardens and the model was sustainable at all levels.
Can I just get that back, with some federation protocols on top to allow multi-instance interactions? Seriously, everything else is pointless, it's a waste of time, and it doesn't make the digital world any better. I won't jump from a centralized platform to another, and probably nobody should.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#244Make the API compatible with Reddit's and you'll have a bunch of third-party clients starting on day one!
Do any 3P clients let you point their app to backends other than reddit.com? Or are you just saying it would be easy for app developers to quickly port their app to non.io?
Saidit has a (mostly) compatible API by running a fork from when Reddit was still open source. It isn't a drop-in replacement but most of the core API endpoints are the same. Things like modmail, live threads, collections are exclusive to Reddit, for example.
Not sure the community is welcoming or even interested in the potential growth, tbh. But it exists.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#245Congrats 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…
Charging to post is also pretty much a non-starter.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#246The use of tags vs discrete communities keeps it from being a viable alternative to Reddit for me.
I have a real disdain for tags for user generated content. Every site I have seen use tags I end up having to wade through a ton of spam or vaugly related content to whatever tag I am looking for. The only exception I can think of is Hashtags for twitter but that is due to the character limit.
I understand that people see tages as a solution to crossposting but I think people overlook the benefits of crossposting. Being able to have seperate conversations on AI art in an art community vs programming community is more useful to me than having a single post that both communities comment on.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#247Please don't take this criticism harshly: You say that you've been working on this for 4 years, but there's no content here. Have you not been using it yourself for 4 years? Where is the content that you and your friends have been posting?
I've been working on the code for 4 years. Only opened up posting to others today. Obviously have test posts, but I deleted many of them prior to this post.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#248Earlier quoted context omitted.
Logging into an account will get you the sidebar, which will let you navigate current tags. You can use the demo account hackernews pw=helloworld
Cool thanks, the account view shows a completely different picture. It would probably be a good idea to show that same sidebar to guests, aside from the subscribed tags. The HTML upload option is... very interesting.
The html upload is my favorite part and the one I'm most scared about. This post is actually an html upload: https://non.io/reddit-has-platform-user-misalignment
One issue though is automatically resizing the iframe for the frontend. I have a protocol for iframes to request their own size, which this script leverages: https://html.non.io/nonio-embedded-page.js
I'll likely create a setting to automatically inject that script into html uploads.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#249The use of tags vs discrete communities keeps it from being a viable alternative to Reddit for me. I have a real disdain for tags for user generated content. Every site I have seen use tags I end up having to wade through a ton of spam or vaugly related content to whatever tag I am looking for. The only exception I can think of is Hashtags for twitter but that is due to the character limit. I understand that people s…
I like hashtags - but, like you, I don't think they work as the primary means of content discovery.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#250Depending 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.
Definitely, two killer features:
- Nearly plug-n-play with the Reddit API
- Support for subreddits with mod management