Barter Hack
Web and SaaS
skill bartering marketplace
SHOW HN2015
73points
55comments
#362of 2,565 in 2015
Top 15%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for one-person programmers needing marketing help.
From 2 comments
This is perfect for the one-man-band programmers amongst us, myself included! While programmers can build great tech, we rarely have the marketing/PR knowhow to actually get it…
csmattryder on HNThis is a good idea, now you have to post in the HN of designers and marketers
manuu on HN
Swapping tasks between people with opposite weaknesses is interesting.
From 1 comment
Lets say that you're working on a part of a project that sucks and you're not very good at it. What I find interesting is the possibility of swapping work. For instance: two…
Uptrenda on HN
Objections
Spam and joke listings make the site look like a troll site.
From 3 comments
This needs submission filtering. Otherwise I can't take it seriously. Right now it looks like a troll site.
bliti on HNWhy am I not in the least bit surprised that the #1 offer currently is "programming in exchange for sex"?
itengelhardt on HNCan offer: sex Wants in return: sex Title: sex4sex Okay.
golergka on HN
Time and skill disparity makes exchanges uneven.
From 2 comments
I think perhaps this would be better as a consulting/training exchange... seems to be a lot of criticism related to the disparity of required time/skill in coding a website and…
gooseus on HNSo it looks like this is specifically for people with technical skills to offer their services in exchange for services from people with non-technical skills. Is that on purpose,…
allencoin on HN
Barter reinvents money; quantifying value is hard.
From 2 comments
Not all skills are equal - they have no innovation in terms of quantifying time/skills? I feel like they'll end up re-inventing money and markets in order to do so. For this…
jarradhope on HNNo one thinks it's necessary; it's just fungible and storable, and therefore more practical than barter. Value-matching with barter is really hard. Maybe I'm a neurosurgeon and I…
wyager on HN
Site breaks without JavaScript and listings are hard for Google to index.
From 2 comments
Site breaks with Javascript off. I like the popups instead of page loads, but since I'm building out an new website myself, I'd like to know whether you lose too many users…
eevilspock on HNI might be wrong about this but I'd say that the majority of websites out there would break without Javascript. That's not to say that you can't "gracefully degrade"…
Uptrenda on HN
Needs NSFW tagging and categories.
From 2 comments
This needs a potentially NSFW tag. Looked at this while working and quickly had to close it due to some questionable content.
sudo_bang_bang on HNI like it! Probably needs some categorization, b/c it's hard to control whether people will barter sewing for cheeseburgers or C for javascript, etc. But a great start, keep going.
t2015_08_25 on HN
Requests
Add categories and filtering.
From 3 comments
I like it! Probably needs some categorization, b/c it's hard to control whether people will barter sewing for cheeseburgers or C for javascript, etc. But a great start, keep going.
t2015_08_25 on HNI agree, and things could end up quite messy without categories. Will try think of something simple to start with.
Uptrenda on HNThis would be great if it was trimmed down to a few concrete categories relevant to devs and marketers, and done in a timebank fashion. It be awesome to have a place to go to…
werber on HN
Add spam filtering and captcha.
From 2 comments
This needs submission filtering. Otherwise I can't take it seriously. Right now it looks like a troll site.
bliti on HNRecaptcha added. I have foiled your evil plans (for now at least.)
Uptrenda on HN
Add profiles and portfolio links for verification.
From 2 comments
Pretty good idea, but I would let people add more details, customize posts, add links to portfolios or link to social media so we know they aren't some random creep.
meesles on HNTrue - things like Github profiles, LinkedIn, maybe some simple ways to verify ownership (if not already easy to do via some API.) Nice idea.
Uptrenda on HN
Allow searching by wanted skills, not only offers.
From 1 comment
It would also be nice to be able to search both ways. Right now searching only shows what the other person is offering, but it might be nice to search by what they want. That way…
itsybitsycoder on HN
Support three-way bartering or a timebank model.
From 2 comments
Does this have threeway bartering or more? If not, we could have a bartering tickets aka money.
username3 on HNThis would be great if it was trimmed down to a few concrete categories relevant to devs and marketers, and done in a timebank fashion. It be awesome to have a place to go to…
werber on HN
Questions
Will the source code be open sourced?
From 1 comment
I'd be very interested about the who, what and how of that. Is that open-sourced ? What tech ? There are few usable app/website for exchanging services (aka LETS). There is…
johnchristopher on HN
Is there a general barter site for technical skills?
From 1 comment
Nice idea. I have tried to barter my development services for art pieces and so on before. Do they have a general barter site at all ?
skillachie on HN
Are tax implications of bartering a concern?
From 2 comments
Maybe you can advice about neurosurgery, and in return get what you want. I like about these is that it avoid taxes, and that's always a plus.
manuu on HNIn the US this is incorrect, it's classified as barter income: http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc420.html "An example of bartering is a plumber exchanging plumbing services for the…
fiveoak on HN
Alternatives named
OurGoods
From 1 comment
There's also OurGoods, a more generalized (and less programmer-specific) swap network. It's been around for a while and has a thriving community.
krebby on HN
Community Forge
From 1 comment
I'd be very interested about the who, what and how of that. Is that open-sourced ? What tech ? There are few usable app/website for exchanging services (aka LETS). There is…
johnchristopher on HN
Timebanking
From 1 comment
I'd be very interested about the who, what and how of that. Is that open-sourced ? What tech ? There are few usable app/website for exchanging services (aka LETS). There is…
johnchristopher on HN
Bliive
From 1 comment
I'd be very interested about the who, what and how of that. Is that open-sourced ? What tech ? There are few usable app/website for exchanging services (aka LETS). There is…
johnchristopher on HN