Hacker News clone for Singapore

Post by jacquesm » Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 4:20 PM UTC

dgr wrote: post #16

Gormo wrote: post #14

What is the benefit of a region-specific version of Hacker News, especially one that is also in English? Most of what's discussed on this site is relevant to tech and the business of tech in general.

That's true in general, but the business of tech can sometimes benefit from local knowledge. A submission about the best lawyers for tech startups in Singapore wouldn't really be appropriate for HN since it wouldn't benefit a large part of the audience. It also helps to have a site where there's a high chance that the person you're talking to is close enough to meet up for coffee. =)

Post by run4yourlives » Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 4:57 PM UTC

dschobel wrote: post #21

wizardofoz wrote: post #13

It would be awesome if you or someone could make a similar version for New York City.

This is an interesting idea. Maybe it would solve pg's scaling concerns (not hardware & software but content & character) of HN to make regional sites covering NYC, Austin, Bay Area, London, etc. in addition to the top level 'global' one. Make it a craigslist of startup/tech discussion and maybe even have the best local content percolate to a top-level/global page. I think if you stayed on a local page you immediatel…

Post by adrianwaj » Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 6:21 PM UTC

dgr wrote: post #8

abi wrote: post #5

One suggestion I have is to reduce the number of links on the frontpage to say 15 instead of 30 until there's a little more traffic on the site. On the whole, great effort! Look forward to participating.

Ok good suggestion. I'll dig around the code to change that when the traffic dies down.

Post by zaizhi » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 8:31 AM UTC

run4yourlives wrote: post #24

dschobel wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an interesting idea. Maybe it would solve pg's scaling concerns (not hardware & software but content & character) of HN to make regional sites covering NYC, Austin, Bay Area, London, etc. in addition to the top level 'global' one. Make it a craigslist of startup/tech discussion and maybe even have the best local content percolate to a top-level/global page. I think if you stayed on a local page you immediatel…

One of the major issues here is that Hacker News hasn't been YC news for a long time. It's evolved on purpose to be something more than start-up focused. Not that I don't like your idea, just that what you're asking for is a reduction of scope that I think pg has specifically not intended.