Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers? • Hacker News Board

Re: Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?

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Post by danebaker » Tue, Apr 17, 2012, 8:46 AM UTC

Github is a glorified repository. Sorry, but any "social network" that requires code pushes isn't intended for that. :)

Re: Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?

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Post by allanscu » Tue, Apr 17, 2012, 11:45 AM UTC

http://geekli.st

Re: Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?

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Post by AznHisoka » Tue, Apr 17, 2012, 2:17 PM UTC

StackOverflow and StackExchange. I consider HN a social network for hackers too.

Re: Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?

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Post by reiz » Tue, Apr 17, 2012, 4:01 PM UTC

http://versioneye.com/ is a community around Software Libraries. They will release a news wall with comments and statuses in the next weeks.

Re: Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?

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Post by wildtype » Tue, Apr 17, 2012, 4:07 PM UTC

Do they need it? There are twitter, reddit, HN, irc, stackexchange, Github, and facebook itself. Why programmers & hackers need special social network if they can interact with many networks?

Re: Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?

#16

Post by computerslol » Tue, Apr 17, 2012, 4:08 PM UTC

how are programmers and hackers different?

Re: Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?

#17

Post by reiz » Tue, Apr 17, 2012, 4:12 PM UTC

wildtype wrote: post #15

Do they need it? There are twitter, reddit, HN, irc, stackexchange, Github, and facebook itself. Why programmers & hackers need special social network if they can interact with many networks?

I think most hackers and coders are on Twitter.

Re: Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?

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Post by calydon » Wed, Apr 18, 2012, 6:47 AM UTC

Isn't this it?

Re: Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?

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Post by krollew » Tue, Apr 24, 2012, 9:11 AM UTC

computerslol wrote: post #16

how are programmers and hackers different?

That's obvious. Programmer is somebody who create source code. Hacker is someone who learn alot about IT stuff and knows multiple times more than typical coder. Someone who can solve real problem. Programming is a craft, hacking is an art.

Re: Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?

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Post by computerslol » Thu, Apr 26, 2012, 4:16 AM UTC

krollew wrote: post #19

computerslol wrote: post #16

how are programmers and hackers different?

That's obvious. Programmer is somebody who create source code. Hacker is someone who learn alot about IT stuff and knows multiple times more than typical coder. Someone who can solve real problem. Programming is a craft, hacking is an art.

It's not obvious. The word has become ambiguous. It was once used to describe a certain sort of programmer, but can mean just about anything now.