Coinspotting
Finance and crypto
cryptocurrency news aggregator
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Idea: 0 for, 8 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 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
Great domain name
From 2 comments
_love_ the domain name!
_nato_ on HNI guess the name is a reference to Trainsportting? Great domain name in any case.
olalonde on HN
Interest in trying it out and hope it takes off
From 2 comments
Agreed. Also, the favicon is pretty disappointing. I do look forward to keeping an eye on it though. I hope it takes off. Thanks for sharing.
Casseres on HNLove it.
unreal37 on HN
Objections
Another Hacker News clone; the trend is tired and unoriginal
From 3 comments
Ok, can we stop now? They reason I prefer HN instead of say Reddit is precisely because all the news are in one place. The new trend "Hacker News for X" basically means hey guys…
TrainedMonkey on HN> The new trend "Hacker News for X" New trend? This has been happening continuously for about 5 years now. I'm just amazed people keep upvoting it, despite the fact these sites…
dmix on HNNo kidding. And, be sure to rip off the entire look and feel with only a color change. Seems like there should be at least a little shame with these Hacker News for X sites.
unclebucknasty on HN
Bitcoin communities tend toward hype and pump-and-dump content
From 2 comments
Because of reddit's management policies and ownership by mainstream media. Not to mention the total control of Bitcoin-related forum threads there by anointed moderators who are…
SectioAurea on HNExcept creating something that looks like HN does not automatically attract the same crowd as HN. There are plenty of clean, meme-free, well managed Reddits. This new site could…
vyrotek on HN
Quality control and spam risk unclear
From 2 comments
To be honest, there is a need for something much more filtered than bitcointalk.org. That used to be /r/bitcoin, but it really sucks now. My question for the coinspotting people:…
javert on HN> add signup fee to limit spam - this assumes that there would flood of users on this site and a chunk of them will actually pay for it. Will you use HN if there is a fee?…
datacog on HN
Requests
Add an API
From 1 comment
Great idea! Some request * add an API (apps, mobile browsing) * integrate tipping (upvote = tip) * add signup fee to limit spam
VMG on HN
Change header color to a coin-style color
From 1 comment
Change the header color to a nice yellow "coin" color, like #F9BA00, or the official Bitcoin color, #FF9933.
applecore on HN
Improve the favicon
From 1 comment
Agreed. Also, the favicon is pretty disappointing. I do look forward to keeping an eye on it though. I hope it takes off. Thanks for sharing.
Casseres on HN
Questions
How will high quality be maintained?
From 1 comment
To be honest, there is a need for something much more filtered than bitcointalk.org. That used to be /r/bitcoin, but it really sucks now. My question for the coinspotting people:…
javert on HN
Why is this better than the Bitcoin subreddit?
From 1 comment
Why is this better than the Bitcoin Reddit Page?
sciguy77 on HN
Alternatives named
/r/bitcoin and related subreddits
From 2 comments
Why is this better than the Bitcoin Reddit Page?
sciguy77 on HNWhy is this better than /r/bitcoinserious, /r/bitcoinmarkets, or creating a new subreddit for bitcoin?
jaredsohn on HN
Hubski bitcoin tag
From 1 comment
Hacker News + tags: http://hubski.com/tag?id=bitcoin
pacohn on HN
bitcoinfyi.com
From 1 comment
I made something similar a couple of weeks ago: http://www.bitcoinfyi.com Although it doesn't have quite as much traction as yours :P
ShaneCurran on HN
thecurrency.io
From 1 comment
This is an interesting debate. During the last weeks I've been working in a concept like this, but is not ready yet. I'm a big fan of Hacker News, and I'm trying to create…
pmcpinto on HN