ZA-Coders
Consumer and social
news and discussion community
SHOW HN2010
How HN took it
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.41.
Design: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
South Africa needs more sites like this
From 1 comment
As a fellow South African, I support the idea simply because ZA needs more sites like this.
ilitirit on HN
Objections
Ads lower the tone compared with HN's altruistic origins
From 1 comment
I think all the adverts lower the tone a bit. One of strengths of HN - especially when it started - is that it was an altruistic initiative by PG. I'm also not so sure about the…
blackswan on HN
Design does not look like HN
From 1 comment
Doesn't look anything like HN to me.
helium on HN
Why not just use the real Hacker News
From 2 comments
I may be missing something, but why wouldn't they just use the real thing?
dca on HNAs a South African I found myself asking the same thing.
pistoriusp on HN
Requests
Use Arc / news.arc as the base
From 1 comment
I think all the adverts lower the tone a bit. One of strengths of HN - especially when it started - is that it was an altruistic initiative by PG. I'm also not so sure about the…
blackswan on HN
Support for HN-style sub-sections
From 1 comment
I wonder if HN adoption is at the point where HN subs would be an option. Maybe not wide open like reddit.com/r/ but a controlled set of HN sub sections.
look_lookatme on HN
Information on local hacker meetup groups
From 1 comment
Are there any hacker meet up groups in SA?
joubert on HN
Questions
Are there hacker meetup groups in South Africa?
From 1 comment
Are there any hacker meet up groups in SA?
joubert on HN
Alternatives named
Hacker News itself
From 1 comment
I may be missing something, but why wouldn't they just use the real thing?
dca on HN
Siliconcape.com
From 1 comment
Check out siliconcape.com.
pistoriusp on HN
Reddit subreddits
From 1 comment
I wonder if HN adoption is at the point where HN subs would be an option. Maybe not wide open like reddit.com/r/ but a controlled set of HN sub sections.
look_lookatme on HN