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https://www.hodlernews.io/

by SuDa2103 • 5 years ago

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SuDa21038• 5 years ago

Hi All, I build side projects occasionally, and thought that something like this was needed! Would love to know your thoughts :)

abetusk• 5 years ago

This is very nice, thanks for creating this! I think there's a lot of potential in the space of news aggregator sites that focus on cryptocurrency and it's very cool to see people exploring this space.

Here's my two cents:

* Tie in the signup, voting, etc. with actual cryptocurrency. This is what stacker.news (SN) [0] does and I think is an idea with a lot of potential.

* Put the comments and other content under a libre/free license so that the community can benefit from content generated. HN, SN and a host of other sites don't do this and are worse for it, in my opinion

* Make the code open source. This provides transparency to your community and builds trust, as well as allows others to participate in the direction if they choose

* This is more of a personal preference, but I would opt for a "cleaner" more minimal look, more akin to HN or SN.

[0] https://stacker.news

SuDa21038• 5 years ago

All interesting points thank you. I don't know much about the free licenses point, but will certainly look into it

garren3• 5 years ago

Kind of on topic: Dare I ask, is there anything “web3” about your site? I ask out of curiosity, but also since it seems like a great opportunity to leverage…uh…whatever the hell is behind that term.

Off topic: what stack? What drove your decisions?

SuDa21038• 5 years ago

Haha there is nothing currently "web3" about this, but that's subject to change! Stack: Ruby on rails What drove that decision? I like coding in ruby, I'm quite familiar with it and wanted to be able to iterate on something quickly

bitxbitxbitcoin• 5 years ago

Signed up! Left a comment. Good luck.

SuDa21038• 5 years ago

Thanks so much!

qecez• 5 years ago

There's also https://stacker.news

SuDa21038• 5 years ago

Yes and sites like Crypto Panic! What I wanted to do was focus on building a community with quality discussions, as opposed to (in some cases) the homepage being filled with information about daily price moves

mettamage• 5 years ago

And you call it hodler news? I get that finding a good name is difficult but hodlernews? Is it because it almost sounds like hackernews?

Crypto has many interesting things. Hodling and price movements, while perhaps the most lucrative, are also the least interesting. At least, from a curiosity point of view.

Names I would think of are more like:

Blockchainthreads

Blockshardnews

I am not fully hitting the mark, but basically a more technical name or a sociocultural name that doesn’t sound too mainstream (I have a hard time thinking of one).

BrissyCoder• 5 years ago

There's also https://rekt.news/

r00t4ccess• 5 years ago

The name of the site is instantly off putting for me.

SuDa21038• 5 years ago

Aha okay noted

senectus1• 5 years ago

there is definitely a masculine toxic theme in the crypto culture (especially in the Wallstreet* scene).

Not saying your site pushes that, just that the scene has that culture around it and hodl is a part of that culture by association.

garren3• 5 years ago

I think the name works - OP has a target audience in mind and the name speak to that. In fact I immediately thought of hodle.rs as a suggestion, but it it appears to be taken.

I can see how one might not find the name appealing if not a part of that audience. Is cryptocurrency content something that interests you in general? If so, can think of a name that wouldn’t be off putting but still communicate the intent of the site?

YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo• 5 years ago

Looks more like a reddit clone tbh.

verdverm• 5 years ago

Certainly does not have a layout that makes me think HN

Urgo2• 5 years ago

On a large screen the formatting makes it look really weird.

https://imgur.com/a/6pR9nYl

SuDa21038• 5 years ago

Oh jheeze thanks! Will fix that

SuDa21038• 5 years ago

Should be fixed now!

dave333• 5 years ago

No RSS feed - so straight into the bitbucket as far as I'm concerned

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