Quick, someone write MetaNews: A hacker news for "A hacker news for X" websites!
That's reddit, really.
Show HN: Coinspotting - A Hacker News For Bitcoins and Other Cryptocurrencies
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#12Great idea! Some request * add an API (apps, mobile browsing) * integrate tipping (upvote = tip) * add signup fee to limit spam
Not sure if upvote = tips is a fantastic idea or a way for trolls and dramatic people to make a living.
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#13On the same day, we get a filter that is by default HN without Bitcoin and another site that is HN only about Bitcoin. It's like we're approaching some sort of binary tree data structure where the leaves are HN clones with their own indiosyncratic topic configurations.
The two are, of course, motivated by the same plea: for HN to be only for discourse about technology/hacking/building/entrepreneur-ing itself, and to leave the discussion of the politics surrounding it to somewhere else.
I mean, we all want to discuss techpolitik sometimes... but generally not at the same time we're reading about new tech.
HN might be well-served doing something like MetaFilter's "blue/grey" split, but instead of just a content/meta division, a "hacks/sociopolitical-implications-of-hacks" division. HN is already a community, and it'd be nice if the account names and karma stayed synchronized.
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#15On the same day, we get a filter that is by default HN without Bitcoin and another site that is HN only about Bitcoin. It's like we're approaching some sort of binary tree data structure where the leaves are HN clones with their own indiosyncratic topic configurations.
I shall call it a subreddit.
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#16Re: Show HN: Coinspotting - A Hacker News For Bitcoins and Other Cryptocurrencies
#17On the same day, we get a filter that is by default HN without Bitcoin and another site that is HN only about Bitcoin. It's like we're approaching some sort of binary tree data structure where the leaves are HN clones with their own indiosyncratic topic configurations.
The two are, of course, motivated by the same plea: for HN to be only for discourse about technology/hacking/building/entrepreneur-ing itself, and to leave the discussion of the politics surrounding it to somewhere else. I mean, we all want to discuss techpolitik sometimes ... but generally not at the same time we're reading about new tech. HN might be well-served doing something like MetaFilter's "blue/grey" split,…
The community has become more complex than the structure of Hacker News allows for.
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#18Wait, I thought this was called "the HN front page". /snark
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#19I guess the name is a reference to Trainsportting? Great domain name in any case.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's reddit, really.
I don't think so. From my understanding he is talking about a HN clone that only allows posts about new HN clones.
Yes, that's what I meant. And this would beg for a Meta version of itself, although I'm not sure what that could be..