Why, why is email mandatory to sign up???
Hackful - A Hacker News for Europe
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#22Why, why is email mandatory to sign up???
It doesn't even send a confirmation email, so it seems pretty redundant. Actually ... yes, it's required for password recovery. That seems to be its purpose. It seems like you can just put something fake in as long as you are confident you wont forget/lose your password.
Re: Hackful - A Hacker News for Europe
#23Why doesn't it let me sign up without entering my email?
I think when I registered on HN, it didn't make email as mandatory!! Or is my memory deceiving me?
Re: Hackful - A Hacker News for Europe
#24A quick but of advice: give the site some personality - visually, I mean. It will make a difference. People will respond to it better and respect it more. If it looks like an HN clone, that's how people will treat it. Differentiate.
I actually quite like the look.
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#25Can I ask a simple question: Why?
I live in Europe, but AFAIK none of the places where I've lived/am regular even have an HN meetup. I have no idea we would want a splintered HN.
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#26I'd be more interested by a HN Asia or something. I mean, political, technological issues in US and EU are different but not that much, after all. Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, India, etc... lots of stuff is happening there and nothing much comes to the surface.
right!
I live in India, and though I do tend to get updates about local startups irregularly, I am still not aware of any good HN like site which keeps me up to date with all the latest activities in Indian startup world.
Re: Hackful - A Hacker News for Europe
#27Interesting. I think there's definitely demand for services like this.
We have been working on a community for entrepreneurs and startups in the UK (in addition to our information website), lion.co.uk/community, we're still in the phase of optimizing things.
We've found that there's many entrepreneur and startup websites but gaining critical mass to make a useful community is another thing.
We should probably work together but then again, as others have mentioned, there's different requirements for different people. Founders of businesses other than technology and hackers for example might not have reason to collaborate.
That said, the more resources there are for business founders the better; especially in Europe right now.
Re: Hackful - A Hacker News for Europe
#28Can I ask a simple question: Why? I live in Europe, but AFAIK none of the places where I've lived/am regular even have an HN meetup. I have no idea we would want a splintered HN.
Maybe it will do things in new ways that are better than HN. Maybe it will eventually become more International like HN is? Choice and variety are a good thing. You've got to differentiate yourself somehow when you're starting out.
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#29I'm British and I think this is a great idea. I'm interested to read about the startup scene in Europe and the UK.
I do think that we should be trying to move away from the 'hacker' label. People are never going to understand that 'hackers' can be good -- See that AP Press article. And really, our definition is the less popular one, and therefore less correct, and it is we who should change our wording.
Re: Hackful - A Hacker News for Europe
#30Can I ask a simple question: Why? I live in Europe, but AFAIK none of the places where I've lived/am regular even have an HN meetup. I have no idea we would want a splintered HN.
Many europeans feel like outsiders at HN. Indeed HN content is localized to some extent.
Perhaps that's the reason why there's no HN meetups near by your location?