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Show Afritech: Telescope is like an open-source HN, but better! (telesc.pe)
6 points by SachaG 57 days ago | 5 comments


1 point by jk 57 days ago | link

Wow, this is super cool! I'll make this a weekend project one of these fine weekends. Part of the reason we've lagged in adding features is I have no interest in learning arc at this point in my life and Hillary (http://AfriTech.org/blog/team) has been too busy.

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3 points by sa 57 days ago | link

@jk hummm... don't hurry ... There are lessons to learned from how the ugly Reddit.com beats the fancy Digg.com

hummm...BE CAREFUL!

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1 point by jk 57 days ago | link

Hmmh, good point. But I think Reddit is successful in spite of its ugliness, not because of it. Digg on the other hand failed because they raised too much money and then had to justify it by slapping ads all over the site and having 'sponsored stories' trump user up-voted ones.

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2 points by sa 56 days ago | link

@jk Do you think Reddit doesn't have money to hire two designers to change their site to something fancier?

Careful... you must think... With Prudence you must decide ... Said The Afritech Yoda !

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2 points by clark-kent 57 days ago | link

I agree don't rush too much, this HN look helps to set the culture for this site. It could loose that if you change to a fancy UX like telescope.

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