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Re: Goodbye, Hacker News. I'm going back to Reddit.

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Post by mangodrunk »

Laurentvw wrote: post #37
twism wrote: post #11

It somehow felt a lot better IMO when it was "Startup News"

True. I'm going to miss all those startup submissions. I think he might have ruined the site this time, but we'll see.

What are you guys talking about? Can you list more than 10 sites in the past few months that were that informative. Yes, startup news is important, but we can't have submissions like "how to start your company" every day, because they tend to be the same thing. I enjoy this new take on things, starting the company is the easy part. Having the knowledge at the right time is the hard part. This is also a good way for people to get connected. I possibly need a partner for my startup (based on PG's advice) so maybe I'll find my partner here.

Re: Goodbye, Hacker News. I'm going back to Reddit.

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Post by pg »

danw wrote: post #29

Any idea on how traffic trends for news.yc are since the relaunch? Was traffic dropping before the change? Has it gone up after?

Traffic was climbing slowly before the change, at about the rate it always has. Then there was a huge spike when we changed the focus. It's impossible to predict yet what the real trend looks like.

Re: Goodbye, Hacker News. I'm going back to Reddit.

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Post by danw »

pg wrote: post #63
danw wrote: post #29

Any idea on how traffic trends for news.yc are since the relaunch? Was traffic dropping before the change? Has it gone up after?

Traffic was climbing slowly before the change, at about the rate it always has. Then there was a huge spike when we changed the focus. It's impossible to predict yet what the real trend looks like.

Thanks for letting us know. Any chance of posting a traffic graph in a few weeks time to see?

Re: Goodbye, Hacker News. I'm going back to Reddit.

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Post by dfranke »

pg wrote: post #63
danw wrote: post #29

Any idea on how traffic trends for news.yc are since the relaunch? Was traffic dropping before the change? Has it gone up after?

Traffic was climbing slowly before the change, at about the rate it always has. Then there was a huge spike when we changed the focus. It's impossible to predict yet what the real trend looks like.

Is the increased traffic more due to new users, or to existing users becoming more active?

Re: Goodbye, Hacker News. I'm going back to Reddit.

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Post by pg »

dfranke wrote: post #65
pg wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Traffic was climbing slowly before the change, at about the rate it always has. Then there was a huge spike when we changed the focus. It's impossible to predict yet what the real trend looks like.

Is the increased traffic more due to new users, or to existing users becoming more active?

More users.

Re: Goodbye, Hacker News. I'm going back to Reddit.

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Post by pg »

danw wrote: post #64
pg wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Traffic was climbing slowly before the change, at about the rate it always has. Then there was a huge spike when we changed the focus. It's impossible to predict yet what the real trend looks like.

Thanks for letting us know. Any chance of posting a traffic graph in a few weeks time to see?

Sure.

Re: Goodbye, Hacker News. I'm going back to Reddit.

#69

Post by chaostheory »

nostrademons wrote: post #5

Thing is, Reddit really sucks now. I was just visiting it today and was amazed by the number of ignoranuses (ignoranus = someone who is both stupid and an asshole) on it. I wonder if this is the eventual fate of all online communities. I've been through at least half a dozen now, and I've yet to see one survive as something other than trite, meaningless bullshit. The curious thing is - in at least one case (HP fandom…

"People who complain about the content on reddit and yet never submit a thing, need to keep quiet or contribute something other than complaints to the community."

http://reddit.com/goto?id=2gq14

Re: Goodbye, Hacker News. I'm going back to Reddit.

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Post by andyn »

nostrademons wrote: post #5

Thing is, Reddit really sucks now. I was just visiting it today and was amazed by the number of ignoranuses (ignoranus = someone who is both stupid and an asshole) on it. I wonder if this is the eventual fate of all online communities. I've been through at least half a dozen now, and I've yet to see one survive as something other than trite, meaningless bullshit. The curious thing is - in at least one case (HP fandom…

Most content on Reddit seems to be generated by about 5 people who either post as much as they can from whatever feeds they're subscribed to or whatever pulls people's strings. At the moment this is usually stories about how the cops are utterly corrupt and how Fox news totally sucks.

Why? It's not like they discuss the story or you actually get prizes for a high karma?

Nowadays I prefer finding a page edited by someone who shares similar interests as me e.g. boingboing or hackaday. Otherwise things just degenerate into "FUNNAY PIC [LOL!]" quickly.

Maybe rather than have a single pool of submitted stories, you could chose whose stories show up on your page.

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