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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 loufe »

I love the business model. Have you checked in with credit card processors yet regarding "no content type demonitization"? Cool in principal but many sites like onlyfans have gone through hell with credit card issuers playing the moral police.

Also, have you considered making it a foundation or non-profit as a business model? IMO the for-profit nature of Reddit is behind its troubles right now. You could pay yourself a handsome salary as the foundation's CEO while still keeping things pro-user.

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

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Post by krm01 »

I think with some very basic UI/UX tweaks this can very quickly look, feel and perform 10X better. I applaud your efforts and if you need help. Just ask (details in bio). Happy to lend a helping hand or give you a few quick wins.

Congrats on the launch.

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

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Post by sesteel »

jjcm wrote: post #84
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…

100% agree with everything said here. My original plan was to pay for ~100 users accounts and seed the site with content for a proper launch. Given what's happening today though, it felt at least pertinent to show off the current state and get some feedback. The balance between splash page on landing / landing on content is a hard one, but I think you're right. I am worried though that without conveying the initial b…

Why not pin your business model as the top post for awhile until it catches on?

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

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Post by janalsncm »

jodrellblank wrote: post #251
janalsncm wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the flip side, the fact that this is a crowded space means that there’s a demand for it. And this isn’t a Reddit clone, it has a business model which is pretty close to the best anyone could hope for in my opinion. In any case, I applaud any efforts that could unseat Reddit or make them reconsider their greedy hard line. I encourage the creator of Non.io to identify the key shortcomings of Reddit and improve upon…

> “ it has a business model ” What’s that story about the economist who was trying to concentrate but there were kids playing soccer below his window and being noisy, so he went out and offered them $1 each if they come back and played tomorrow. The next day he offered them 50c, then 25c, and after that 5c, and the kids got annoyed “we wouldn’t come here to play for a measly five cents!” and stormed off, and didn’t c…

I’m not sure. I think it’s an interesting experiment at least. My prediction is that it will encourage clickbaity behavior similar to YouTube, which also has a profit sharing mechanism. Long form content has little chance to compete against drive-by laughs and memes. Maybe donations would help.

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

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Post by s1artibartfast »

jjcm wrote: post #198
twic wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally, if i signed up, i would not be interested in getting payouts. I'd have to declare them on my tax return, and it's just not worth it for such small amounts. So a checkbox to donate any payouts to a charity (the EFF, perhaps?) would be great.

A really great idea. Love that as well. I've also considered adding a threshold for payouts (i.e. $50 withdrawal minimum) to help with the reporting aspects.

Another option is to have a "play it forward" option, where your earnings are passed on to things that you voted for during the month.

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

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Post by jefozabuss »

jjcm wrote: post #131
neogodless wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oof, I clicked one of those posts and immediately lost all back-button functionality to an endless stream of history events.

Was it the "Daniel's Site" post? There's some weird interactions I'm finding with that iframe'd html upload and the history events.

As someone who dealt with payment iframes in SPAs I'm so happy I don't have to use any iframes nowadays. There are a few articles how you can "kind of track" when the iframe caused extra history entries then you need to increase your back navigation by the count of them, it was a mess back in the days so not sure how is it solved nowadays.

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

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Post by bardak »

kraftman wrote: post #254
bardak wrote: post #246

The 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 think an option to only show comments from people subscribed to the same communities as you, or the community you're viewing the content from could solve this.

What do you do when there are comment threads between subscribers of different tags. Or what if somebody is subscribed to both tags but wanting to comment based more on the viewpoint of one of the tags.

I'm not saying it couldn't work but I don't think it would be as trivial as that.

I also like that subreddits were able to foster their own communities with different expectations and cultures. I feel like using tags you are more or less forced to have a single overall community vs many smaller ones.

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