There's no way to get from https://non.io/#all back to https://non.io without manually editing the browser URL?
Is this a real project or another collect-HN-users-IP-addresses scheme?
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
#292Earlier quoted context omitted.
If meta-moderation powers were assigned randomly and uniformly, this could be gamed by just spam-creating tons of accounts. Any system that accepts user input needs to have a robust answer to the question "What if a significant percentage of my users are actually bots under control of a single person?"
You could disincentivize them by having access to the metamoderation queue behind the subscription. Thus it's $2/mo/user account.
I wonder how much would a government intelligence or defense department who controls millions of bot accounts be willing to pay per month in order to have even a small percentage of power over who gets to mod (for example) r/ukraine?
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#293The 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…
It's a hybrid model, and I'd be curious if people like this or not as it's been something I'm fiddling with.
Note that when you vote, you upvote the tag itself. The vote within the tag determines its order when browsing the tag itself. So if something is tagged with #formula1 and has 483 upvotes for the tag, it will appear high in the #formula1 list view. If it's also tagged with #funny with 1 upvote, it will appear low in the #funny list despite the high votes on #formula1.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#294The 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.
Honestly I believe that hashtags only work on twitter due to the character limit. If hashtags were exempt from the character limit it would be a complete mess.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#295Has the cost of lawyers and moderation been modelled? At $2/month spammers break even if they get like 5 clicks from all their posting on the platform, huge magnet for them, and content copypasters, if the platform gets some traction.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#296Others may have covered this but I think you should have the landing page be the site itself, that will be an good advertisement rather than a product sell page. Also, the tags are interesting, but I find them distracting and would rather a single 'upvote' count with specific tags. The navigation needs some improvements, the submit button is somewhat hidden near the top and should be made more prominent (grey on darker grey is hard to see). Other than that, I have been interested in a similar payment model for sometime.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#297Congrats 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.
Twitter is edging on charging to post if we consider exposing content related to blue checkmarks.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#298Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
To be honest I don't completely agree. The business model itself is what makes thin interesting, not to users, but to creators. Take me for example, I write tech articles from time to time, and the occasional video, presentation, or coding live stream. As it stands I don't make any money on this, I just do it for fun. But with a site like non.io there's no reason for me _not_ to post my content there. As long as you…
> As it stands I don't make any money on this, I just do it for fun. But with a site like non.io there's no reason for me _not_ to post my content there.
I’m obviously not targeting this at you but a business model likes this (paying fractions of a penny per upvote) is not likely to attract high quality content. In fact the opposite it incentives a quantity over quality approach (i.e. content has to be just good enough to get upvoted spending more effort is wasted)
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#299Earlier quoted context omitted.
Completely disagree re: moderation. The goal for sites like this is never "high quality content", it's "maximum traffic". If he can get 50k paying users, he's a millionaire. If that means low effort meme posts, who are you to slap those dollars out of his hand? The "intelligentsia" of the Internet need to get a grip on what people want; these sites are for entertainment not elucidation and discovery.
> If he can get 50k paying users, he's a millionaire. How did you reach that conclusion?
Estimation skills and general understanding that the exact value is less important than the larger point.
Re: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
#300Earlier quoted context omitted.
Completely disagree re: moderation. The goal for sites like this is never "high quality content", it's "maximum traffic". If he can get 50k paying users, he's a millionaire. If that means low effort meme posts, who are you to slap those dollars out of his hand? The "intelligentsia" of the Internet need to get a grip on what people want; these sites are for entertainment not elucidation and discovery.
Given the popularity of searching for things like product reviews or good restaurants in a new town by appending “Reddit.com” to the search query, I think elucidation and discovery are at least part of what drives people to such platforms.
Not really a given, that’s just how you use the platform.
You’d have to show thats a substantial part of Reddit’s traffic and therefore revenue, for it to actually be given.