Non.io
Consumer and social
reddit-like community platform
SHOW HN2023
1,943points
590comments
#1of 3,109 in 2023
Top 1%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
50 positive, 139 neutral or asking, 24 mixed, 179 critical, out of 392 comments about the project. Thread score -0.35.
Idea: 24 for, 56 againstDesign: 6 for, 50 againstExecution: 4 for, 42 againstPricing: 10 for, 25 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, nice UI design
From 2 comments
Requiring a login to see anything at all is too much friction for this kind of thing. (Or at least I couldn't find a link that let to content from the main page without logging…
afterburner on HN"A place for all content types - No matter what you make, Nonio is equipped to support it. With no advertisers, you aren’t at risk of having your content demonetized." How far…
TheCaptain4815 on HN
Subscription model is interesting
From 1 comment
I like the subscription model. Wish Spotify worked like this
Quikinterp on HN
Objections
Paid upvotes create bad incentives and gaming
From 2 comments
I feel like having people get paid for upvotes is going to create a massive amount of bad incentives.
alexb_ on HNThe idea of posters getting real money instead of fake internet points when their posts do well seems interesting, but maybe an unintentional experiment in unintended…
idiotsecant on HN
Tags instead of subreddit-style communities
From 2 comments
The use of tags vs discrete communities keeps it from being a viable alternative to Reddit for me. I have a real disdain for tags for user generated content. Every site I have…
bardak on HNI like the concept, though I agree with a lot of the comments about people content farming and reposting comments for upvotes and I think that would kill the site (since Reddit…
danudey on HN
Mobile web support is poor
From 2 comments
Mobile browser support is a little problematic. A couple of things I noticed immediately, that you may want to consider. ``` - landing page is not responsive, hard to read on…
vinnymac on HNMobile web needs to be addressed…
chillbill on HN
Login wall and signup friction
From 3 comments
The main page shouldn't be login-walled. I don't want to create an account just to find out what kind of content this community has and how active it is.
darkstar999 on HNI wasn't able to register initially due to some password strength requirements that aren't written anywhere, and got errors without an explanation of why. Generally I would have…
newman8r on HNYour site doesn't think "$&m22KPBeB$!7&^l" is a strong enough password. Uhm… okay?
knorker on HN
Requests
Make mobile web responsive
From 2 comments
Mobile browser support is a little problematic. A couple of things I noticed immediately, that you may want to consider. ``` - landing page is not responsive, hard to read on…
vinnymac on HNMobile web needs to be addressed…
chillbill on HN
Make API compatible with Reddit's for third-party clients
From 1 comment
Make the API compatible with Reddit's and you'll have a bunch of third-party clients starting on day one!
binkHN on HN
Better moderation plan
From 2 comments
The idea of posters getting real money instead of fake internet points when their posts do well seems interesting, but maybe an unintentional experiment in unintended…
idiotsecant on HNI like the concept, though I agree with a lot of the comments about people content farming and reposting comments for upvotes and I think that would kill the site (since Reddit…
danudey on HN
Questions
How will moderation resist quid-pro-quo with real money?
From 1 comment
The idea of posters getting real money instead of fake internet points when their posts do well seems interesting, but maybe an unintentional experiment in unintended…
idiotsecant on HN
Long-term plans to IPO or funding
From 2 comments
The idea of posters getting real money instead of fake internet points when their posts do well seems interesting, but maybe an unintentional experiment in unintended…
idiotsecant on HN> do you have any long-term plans to IPO this if it becomes successful? If not, some kind of guarantee that this platform is immune to enshittification would probably be very,…
jjcm on HN
Alternatives named
Reddit
From 2 comments
Congrats on the hard work, and the idea is fine, but the problem is that tech like this is a cheap commodity in a massively oversaturated space, and without a hook that makes the…
root_axis on HNI like the concept, though I agree with a lot of the comments about people content farming and reposting comments for upvotes and I think that would kill the site (since Reddit…
danudey on HN
Hacker News
From 1 comment
Congrats on the hard work, and the idea is fine, but the problem is that tech like this is a cheap commodity in a massively oversaturated space, and without a hook that makes the…
root_axis on HN
App.net
From 1 comment
I've spent enough time [Edit: on HN] to remember App.net¹ which was launched with similar fanfare but was shut down after few painful years of trying to find a PMF. The lesson I…
FlyingSnake on HN
Spotify
From 1 comment
It's funny, I originally pitched this about 8 years ago to some VCs, and Spotify was the example I used as a platform that could do things much better. Turned down the funding…
jjcm on HN