Show HN: A London-centric hackernews

#1

Post by BenC88 » Mon, Oct 27, 2014, 9:52 AM UTC

Show HN: A London-centric hackernews
technews.london

Re: Show HN: A London-centric hackernews

#2

Post by unwind » Mon, Oct 27, 2014, 10:19 AM UTC

Cool!

Also didn't know there was a ".london" TLD, but I'm not following such things very closely. It seems anything is a TLD these days.

Clicking on a story's link opens a new tab. This site doesn't work like that, which is very confusing since it breaks the pattern and creates confusion.

Probably only matters if you think your users are going to be readers of both sites, but that does seem rather likely to me, at least.

Re: Show HN: A London-centric hackernews

#3

Post by BenC88 » Mon, Oct 27, 2014, 10:27 AM UTC

unwind wrote: post #2

Cool! Also didn't know there was a ".london" TLD, but I'm not following such things very closely. It seems anything is a TLD these days. Clicking on a story's link opens a new tab. This site doesn't work like that, which is very confusing since it breaks the pattern and creates confusion. Probably only matters if you think your users are going to be readers of both sites, but that does seem rather likely to me, at le…

Thanks for the feedback, I've added it to my todo list.

Re: Show HN: A London-centric hackernews

#4

Post by merrua » Mon, Oct 27, 2014, 10:54 AM UTC

I'd rather smaller lines for each story. I can scroll in and out if I want it bigger. I'd also like to see a different font used. I don't like the logo placement as its distracting and in the way.

Re: Show HN: A London-centric hackernews

#5

Post by vidarh » Mon, Oct 27, 2014, 11:10 AM UTC

unwind wrote: post #2

Cool! Also didn't know there was a ".london" TLD, but I'm not following such things very closely. It seems anything is a TLD these days. Clicking on a story's link opens a new tab. This site doesn't work like that, which is very confusing since it breaks the pattern and creates confusion. Probably only matters if you think your users are going to be readers of both sites, but that does seem rather likely to me, at le…

.london has been around for only about 6 months. Despite living in London, this is actually the first time I've seen anyone use it.

Re: Show HN: A London-centric hackernews

#6

Post by alimbada » Mon, Oct 27, 2014, 11:17 AM UTC

As someone who's just moved out of London I'd rather like to see a "UK-centric" news site.

Re: Show HN: A London-centric hackernews

#7

Post by jacquesm » Mon, Oct 27, 2014, 11:22 AM UTC

HN is viable because it has a worldwide community of hackers, good moderation and someone writing $120K checks. If the only thing technews.london does is reduce the scope then I fear it won't live long, like so many HN clones before it. I only recall two that were successful and they were successful by doing something HN did not (general business news and designer focused news). London is already on HN as it is.

Re: Show HN: A London-centric hackernews

#8

Post by chickenboot » Mon, Oct 27, 2014, 11:23 AM UTC

(Very) Minor niggle but imgur is blocked in my office, so I don't get a logo at the top. Like the idea though!

Re: Show HN: A London-centric hackernews

#9

Post by bgcks » Mon, Oct 27, 2014, 11:30 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #7

HN is viable because it has a worldwide community of hackers, good moderation and someone writing $120K checks. If the only thing technews.london does is reduce the scope then I fear it won't live long, like so many HN clones before it. I only recall two that were successful and they were successful by doing something HN did not (general business news and designer focused news). London is already on HN as it is.

> someone writing $120K checks

And that is only possible b/c it's a marketing expense which will generate its return by attracting lucrative start-ups to YC.

Re: Show HN: A London-centric hackernews

#10

Post by RoseO » Mon, Oct 27, 2014, 11:39 AM UTC

vidarh wrote: post #5

unwind wrote: post #2

Cool! Also didn't know there was a ".london" TLD, but I'm not following such things very closely. It seems anything is a TLD these days. Clicking on a story's link opens a new tab. This site doesn't work like that, which is very confusing since it breaks the pattern and creates confusion. Probably only matters if you think your users are going to be readers of both sites, but that does seem rather likely to me, at le…

.london has been around for only about 6 months. Despite living in London, this is actually the first time I've seen anyone use it.

I saw some posters (I think for West End tickets) on a Southern train a little while back using a .london domain. Though it wasn't prefixed with a www so I wonder how many people didn't recognise it as being a domain name.