Startup StackOverflow

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by tghw • 17 years ago

10 20 17 years ago

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I grabbed http://startups.stackexchange.com/ since it was available. I would like it to be a community resource the way StackOverflow has been for development. Let me know how you would like to see it used.

yan• 17 years ago

What's wrong with asking startup-related questions here, keeping everything local and cultivating a discussion around them?

tghw5• 17 years ago

They're just harder to find, so sometimes the same questions keep getting asked over and over again. I'm not trying to force this, just facilitate it if there's interest.

tocomment4• 17 years ago

Is it expensive?

tghw5• 17 years ago

$129/month, but I have some "ins" at Fog Creek, so I might be able to work something out. If not, I'd try and find companies to sponsor it.

johns• 17 years ago

You're not going back after your break?

tocomment4• 17 years ago

Could we make it exclusive somehow? Like certain HN kharma to get in, say ~1160 :-)

Or maybe the answers become public to non-members after so many months? Does it have that feature?

tghw5• 17 years ago

Interesting choice of karma score... :)

Right now, there is no such exclusivity, nor would I really want it, personally. I would, however, want to recruit moderators from HN, especially those with higher karma.

dustingetz• 17 years ago

StackExchange is self-moderating, the most active users automatically gain mod powers.

Timothee• 17 years ago

Why would you want to restrict it this way? I could understand some limitations like editing, commenting…* but accessing the answers? Sounds odd.

* StackOverflow (or StackExchange precisely) is actually built so that trolls and their friends are limited in what they can do anyway

tocomment4• 17 years ago

Somewhat offtopic, are there other stackexchange.com sites that have been set up, and look successful? (I couldn't find a list anywhere) I'm curious to see what other sites have been made.

onewland2• 17 years ago

http://moms4mom.com is the only one I've heard of.

Still, the site format is optimized for really narrow verticals. I think they're going to have trouble overcoming the fact that the best example of their knowledge engine's success is really inaccessible to the average user. I'm guessing even a lot of IT guys would have trouble understanding/demonstrating how useful StackExchange might be for a topic completely unrelated to code.

edit: I do think the technology is very interesting, just that non-technical people will have trouble seeing that.

tocomment4• 17 years ago

That's cool. The site looks why good, why do you think it isn't suitable for non-technicals?

I wish I could think of some cool topics to make one for.

codexon2• 17 years ago

Amusingly, Jon Skeet is only 3rd place for most reputation there.

tghw5• 17 years ago

I'm also trying to get http://www.PhotoQnA.com/ up. Not as successful as moms4mom yet, but I'm hopeful.

sefner• 17 years ago

I started http://www.ourluckydime.com for financial related questions. I've actually enjoyed getting into the marketing and community building side of things and although it hasn't really paid off so far it has been a good experience.

tghw5• 17 years ago

Link: http://startups.stackexchange.com/

sjs382• 17 years ago

Sean Grove (who frequents hn) runs a similar site. http://chuwe.com/

yrashk• 17 years ago

I grabbed http://startup.stackexchange.com/ :)

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