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Nice idea, but I have a feeling that 'Hangout' will turn into 'brigade things we like/don't like' aka Reddit.
How so?
E.g., "Can you believe this trash got on the front page!" everyone proceeds to downvote or "hey my show hn is up!" everyone upvotes.
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How so?
That's how it usually goes with a side channel used to discuss another communications channel. E.g., "Can you believe this trash got on the front page!" everyone proceeds to downvote or "hey my show hn is up!" everyone upvotes.
Worth a shot at least.
Neat idea. I generally like HN, but it's definitely not a hangout spot. Discouraging idle chatter cuts both ways.
Agreed, and thank you! Come join us! Another major upside to forums is the ability to easily directly connect to folks. I've made many friends that way over the years in various forums, and business partners.
I am working on a somewhat related idea : a site like reddit, but which also has a chat room for each subreddit/topic + public moderation logs among other features. I launched with only the chat rooms part of it and I faced the issues mentioned above, so I'm interested in hearing about your approach. Good luck!
Nice idea. The biggest hurdle with starting a community site is getting the initial users and maintaining a level of activity that keeps bringing back users to the site. If activity slows down a little, you will find that traffic decreases proportionally. How do you plan to solve the chicken and egg problem? After the initial launch, what's the plan to get your site in front of potential users? I am working on a some…
Totally agreed that forums (and communities in general) have the cold start problem, and there's no real good solution for it.
I do have some ideas though.
1) I'm interested in whipping up a simple phpBB mod that enables Link posts (like here on HN). That will help with the News posting aspect of the community. Thread here: https://hackerforums.co/the-lounge-f3/idea-extension-for-php...
2) I'm going to write up a fairly detailed thread later today that explains in more detail the Why of setting up the site, and the How I did it (literal technical details for those interested). I'll post that here and on Reddit and a few other places to hopefully get some exposure. Cool kids call that "traffic leaking" where you get valuable content in front of active communities, so might drive some traffic.
3) I'm debating setting up a contest of sorts, where members can earn a special badge/title by actively participating in the forum. So for example, start 10 threads and post 25 replies in threads and earn a special badge on your account for eternity. Silly, sure, but could be a simple fire starter.
But yeah, overall, it's a challenging thing to do, and I've failed at it a few times over the years in trying to start forums. I still really love them though, so I wanted to try it again.
BTW: Post your project here! :) https://hackerforums.co/show-hf-f7/
[phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/includes/functions_messenger.php on line 506: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable
Probably best to turn off debugging statements.
After registering, I'm seeing this: [phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/includes/functions_messenger.php on line 506: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable Probably best to turn off debugging statements.
Just so I'm clear, this happened immediately after registering? Or did you do anything else that triggered this?
Nice idea. The biggest hurdle with starting a community site is getting the initial users and maintaining a level of activity that keeps bringing back users to the site. If activity slows down a little, you will find that traffic decreases proportionally. How do you plan to solve the chicken and egg problem? After the initial launch, what's the plan to get your site in front of potential users? I am working on a some…
This site was borne of the discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17068138 (Specifically this part of the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17071224 ) I spun up an instance of phpBB (trying to keep costs down) and customized a ThemeForest theme to make it not ugly. I'll post a thread today that lists all of my notes from the setup process of the site for anyone interested. I'm a huge fan of…