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Re: Show HN: #Startup – A global startup community, on Slack

#11

Post by meesterdude »

Kudos wrote: post #8
meesterdude wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

lol. let me call you the waaaaaambulance. I get what you're saying, but its still fair to call it a hashtag, and for them to call it hashtagstartup.

How is it fair? It makes no sense at all and just reminds me of kids growing up with Twitter calling that character hashtag regardless of context. Solid hacker news etiquette there, by the way.

Also, what if their name has nothing to do with slack? what if they called it hashtagstartup because thats the topic, and what you would tag it with?

Re: Show HN: #Startup – A global startup community, on Slack

#12

Post by Kudos »

meesterdude wrote: post #10
Kudos wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is it fair? It makes no sense at all and just reminds me of kids growing up with Twitter calling that character hashtag regardless of context. Solid hacker news etiquette there, by the way.

Its fair because people identify # as "hashtag" anyway. "poundstartup" has a more questionable ring to it. Also, you get what you dish out. Saying its "dumb" is what earned you the 15 year old in me. had you said something like "i disagree with their use of the word hashtag" it would have given an entirely different tone, don't you think?

It would be hash startup, not pound startup. Have you ever spoken an IRC channel name before?

Re: Show HN: #Startup – A global startup community, on Slack

#14

Post by Kudos »

meesterdude wrote: post #11
Kudos wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is it fair? It makes no sense at all and just reminds me of kids growing up with Twitter calling that character hashtag regardless of context. Solid hacker news etiquette there, by the way.

Also, what if their name has nothing to do with slack? what if they called it hashtagstartup because thats the topic, and what you would tag it with?

The context is chat channels, your hypothethical sounds like it would make for a weak retroactive excuse for a poorly considered name.

Re: Show HN: #Startup – A global startup community, on Slack

#15

Post by LeonPals »

ttty wrote: post #13

The signup has really bad UX. Can't even use it. There is a secret (or you will find it later): - You have to pay 10$; - or write a "great motivation"; to sign up.

True, since it is handwork, we give priority access to those that are willing to contribute.

We also check every motivation, and sometimes they're just bad or a couple of words and we don't let that person in.

I will take a look at the UX, thanks!

Re: Show HN: #Startup – A global startup community, on Slack

#16

Post by skrebbel »

Kudos wrote: post #4

The domain is dumb, Slack's hash logo is a nod to IRC and not Twitter. It doesn't represent tagging, it represents IRC channels. Edit: hey hastagstartup.co downvote brigade, hashstartup.co is still available. So is hashstartups.com which is even better.

Wrt your edit, do you really think that people downvote you because they disagree with you?

Re: Show HN: #Startup – A global startup community, on Slack

#17

Post by danmaz74 »

Cool!

Shameless plug: If you're interested in the actual hashtag on Twitter, you could like to use of our free embeds:

http://hashtagify.me/explorer/embed_wizard?hashtags=startup&...

Also let me know if you'd like to get detailed analysis of the #startup hashtag, I'd gladly contribute it for free.

Re: Show HN: #Startup – A global startup community, on Slack

#19

Post by skrebbel »

meesterdude wrote: post #7
typeformer wrote: post #3

For those who are wondering the slick UI for the sign up was made with Typeform out of Barcelona :)

where's the "show HN: create beautiful forms with typeform" post?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4908877

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8354505

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5834879

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4666069

Re: Show HN: #Startup – A global startup community, on Slack

#20

Post by Kudos »

skrebbel wrote: post #16
Kudos wrote: post #4

The domain is dumb, Slack's hash logo is a nod to IRC and not Twitter. It doesn't represent tagging, it represents IRC channels. Edit: hey hastagstartup.co downvote brigade, hashstartup.co is still available. So is hashstartups.com which is even better.

Wrt your edit, do you really think that people downvote you because they disagree with you?

It's more than a little suspicious that I immediately got 5 down votes for my critical comment, but have since broken even on karma again. I'd like to think my further arguments below did it, but more likely this thread was posted in one of the hashtagstartup channels.
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