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Re: Ask YC: Where's the best place for online discussion?

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No, I think you've completely missed the point. Anytime I've had a question, I've posted here. Sure, there are other forums, boards, groups, etc that you can go to, but if you tried to bring them all together, it would get muddled and all the good hackers would leave. Kind of like digg, reddit.

The question was "What interests me is what forums / sites people on here use to discuss startups?" as I'm curious at what other mechanisms (other than this site) people use in their daily routine. It would be interesting to see if there are certain sites which stand out. For me posting too much on this site - if everyone did it - would seriously increase the noise ratio when this is primarily a.... news site

I do see your point in that regard. The key is, if you just want to discuss a startup, you need only ask the question ("is my idea good..."), etc. If you are looking for partners, just post "looking for cofounder..". What else about startups is there to discuss, besides what is posted here and what you would talk to your cofounder(s) about? Am I missing something?

Re: Ask YC: Where's the best place for online discussion?

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Some time ago I tried to start a mailing list* with colleagues from the university, but after 9 messages on June the list died.

Maybe now it can reborn from its ashes!

The list is available at http://groups.google.com/group/eucaliptus and eucaliptus@googlegroups.com and no, it is not a misspell but Eucalyptus in Catalan. (Note: someday to be migrated to eucaliptus.org)

So, feel free to subscribe and lets see if it gains enough momentum.

Re: Ask YC: Where's the best place for online discussion?

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No, I think you've completely missed the point. Anytime I've had a question, I've posted here. Sure, there are other forums, boards, groups, etc that you can go to, but if you tried to bring them all together, it would get muddled and all the good hackers would leave. Kind of like digg, reddit.

http://forums.techcrunch.com/forums/category.jspa?categoryID... Check that out if you are really interested. Thats what I assume you're thinking of.

signal to noise ratio seems extremely low.

Re: Ask YC: Where's the best place for online discussion?

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- here - http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/ (programming languages) - http://joel.reddit.com/ (software in general) I once asked a similar question, and someone recommended dreamincode.net ... don't bother... most of the questions are like "what is a boolean?"

Crikey what is "boolean"? I thought my law books were complicated!
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