Ask HN: What topic would be fine to create a new HN?

#1

Post by wocp » Tue, Jan 14, 2014, 11:52 PM UTC

Well I want to create a new HN, but I don't know to talk about.

Give me ideas, what do you like? Marketing? Sports? Off-topic?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Ask HN: What topic would be fine to create a new HN?

#2

Post by wanda » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 12:16 AM UTC

Go to 4chan/reddit, check some boards and see which ones are not only active, but get a lot of current events and news articles posted.

See, I'd suggest math, but it'd be deader than coinspotter news.

Already have medicine news, financier news, designer news...

So try sports, photography, weapons, fashion...

Re: Ask HN: What topic would be fine to create a new HN?

#3

Post by samweinberg » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 12:18 AM UTC

wanda wrote: post #2

Go to 4chan/reddit, check some boards and see which ones are not only active, but get a lot of current events and news articles posted. See, I'd suggest math, but it'd be deader than coinspotter news. Already have medicine news, financier news, designer news... So try sports, photography, weapons, fashion...

I don't think fashion would work well in this context. Image-based sites like pinterest or we heart it work better for it.

Sports is OP's best bet.

Re: Ask HN: What topic would be fine to create a new HN?

#4

Post by wocp » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 2:02 AM UTC

samweinberg wrote: post #3

wanda wrote: post #2

Go to 4chan/reddit, check some boards and see which ones are not only active, but get a lot of current events and news articles posted. See, I'd suggest math, but it'd be deader than coinspotter news. Already have medicine news, financier news, designer news... So try sports, photography, weapons, fashion...

I don't think fashion would work well in this context. Image-based sites like pinterest or we heart it work better for it. Sports is OP's best bet.

I like sports and photography, but as samweinberg said, I think image-based sites need others functionalities. I need to see more offers, to select the best one.

Re: Ask HN: What topic would be fine to create a new HN?

#5

Post by bitcoinlive » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 2:57 AM UTC

You can create one for gaming related news.

I created HN for cryptocurrency(http://www.cryptocurrencylive.com/newest). Ping me if you need any technical help:)

Re: Ask HN: What topic would be fine to create a new HN?

#6

Post by wocp » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 4:52 AM UTC

bitcoinlive wrote: post #5

You can create one for gaming related news. I created HN for cryptocurrency( http://www.cryptocurrencylive.com/newest ). Ping me if you need any technical help:)

That's good idea too, well I'm building a clone of HN but in PHP language, it will be open-source.