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FundersClub Unveils Venture News
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#12Hard to read. The colors for the fonts are just too light. Its pretty, but not very readable. At least for my old, tired eyes.
This is Will from FundersClub. Thanks for the feedback. We will consider ways to improve contrast and legibility.
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#13If FundersClub reads this, please consider adding a full RSS
This is Will from FundersClub. We're considering that. Thank you!
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#15Hard to read. The colors for the fonts are just too light. Its pretty, but not very readable. At least for my old, tired eyes.
This is Will from FundersClub. Thanks for the feedback. We will consider ways to improve contrast and legibility.
All you need to do is darken the font to the content-related links. If you want to keep it stylish and a dark gray will match with the gray-ish blue you currently have. It will be a nice contrast, and will improve readability while keeping the style intact. #222 is what I'd suggest.
I made the changes to show what I mean. Please refer to: http://imgur.com/6ombpd7,IdjJn6x#0
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#16I'd really like to see less FundersClub header/footer/sidebar spam on the page. HN itself has very little from yCombinator on the site, but subtle is powerful.
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#17I'd really like to see less FundersClub header/footer/sidebar spam on the page. HN itself has very little from yCombinator on the site, but subtle is powerful.
Alex from FC here. Good feedback, we'll work on this.
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#18Not only is there a chicken-and-egg effect in creating a successful Hacker News spinoff, but looking at the sample content on Venture News, it seems that all the content on VN is redundant with content that generally hits the Top 5 on Hacker News. (Are people who use FundersClub and Hacker News different demographics?) Compare with the launch of http://www.usv.com which nowadays appears to consist of mostly stories a…
> which nowadays appears to consist of mostly stories and comments by USV employees/partners At its inception, Hacker News (then called startup news) was intended primarily to share stories amongst the y-combinator network. Reddit was used for this purpose earlier, but due to its rise in the mainstream consciousness, most stories were no longer geared towards hacker/founder-focused YC. If you view HN's early days on…
On the chicken&egg problem, imho a front page with the 1st news having 2 comments and all others with just the button "discuss" is a first evidence of missing community.
I'd consider hiding that at the very beginning in favor of other signals that actually show the presence of the initial community.
At Theneeds.com, where we aim to create a HN-like for "normal" people, i.e. no hackers (and no ventures :), we started with a facepile that generically represents users that interacted with the content, wether they simply upvoted or actually discussed it. I understand that the style here is less graphical, but I think the idea can be elaborated to reduce the "sense of desolation".
Well, it's actually Monday night... good luck for tomorrow morning ;)