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by netcan
4262 days ago
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It leaves the whole market open to whoever else can do a better job. I think social news/discussions/etc. is in weird place where it's not entirely clear what the job is. I kind of have a hunch that the deterioration many people feel takes place is a consequence of realizing we're going around in circles. before you've completed your first couple of orbits you feel like its heading somewhere, then when you feel like it's not you're disappointed. If you're working on this are, what are your thoughts on the the centerpiece of something like Reddit (or HN). I don't think it's a list of links primarily. Do you? |
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Our centerpiece is the discussion system/self posting. We're still working towards a mvp so it doesn't offer much more than what Reddit/HN does at this moment in time.
The site does still revolve around a list of stories, we toyed with the idea of having a grid-like view but ultimately we think that a list is still the most efficient way of finding something you want to read. I'm open to suggestions but I really can't stand are websites that try to be smarter than the user by trying to anticipate what the user would want to read.
This seems to be often done through really basic methods such as a "What are you interested in?" tickbox questionnaire. If the recommendations suck the first time, I'm not going to keep using the site to even begin improving those recommendations.
I believe the real centerpiece would eventually be the community though. Hopefully we'd attract a similar level of interesting and thoughtful users as on HN but cover a wider range of topics.