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Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?

6 pointsdanebaker19 comments

Designers have Dribbble, Behance, etc. Businessmen have LinkedIn. HN is nice for simple article links but is hardly a robust network. Where are the social networks for programmers/hackers?

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There is, it's called github ;). More seriously, we don't feel the need to update our status every day. pushing code is our status, isn't it?

I don't see the need for that either; I'm referring to sharing things in a more visual way (Pinterest), making new code available (Github), adding friends and likeminded folks (Facebook), discussing topics in groups (LinkedIn).

The obvious answer to why is, no one's built it yet. Forrst supposed fill the showing off things in pictures void (plus it's exclusive, just like Facebook used to be). Github comes pretty close, you can even have a personal page (though updating has be done via pushes).

A feature I'd like to see in such a site is a repository/tool for defining syntax rules & colorschemes for editors.

in a way, google+ is a facebook for programmers, designers, geeks and startupers. nobody else gives a damn.

I think you can remove the word "else" from the last sentence. ;o

Answer: http://dialog.gs Launching this week :)

do you have an invite?

Do they need it? There are twitter, reddit, HN, irc, stackexchange, Github, and facebook itself. Why programmers & hackers need special social network if they can interact with many networks?

I think most hackers and coders are on Twitter.

http://versioneye.com/ is a community around Software Libraries. They will release a news wall with comments and statuses in the next weeks.

Github is a glorified repository. Sorry, but any "social network" that requires code pushes isn't intended for that. :)

StackOverflow and StackExchange. I consider HN a social network for hackers too.

http://geekli.st

Forrst is supposed to be that.

how are programmers and hackers different?

That's obvious. Programmer is somebody who create source code. Hacker is someone who learn alot about IT stuff and knows multiple times more than typical coder. Someone who can solve real problem. Programming is a craft, hacking is an art.

It's not obvious. The word has become ambiguous. It was once used to describe a certain sort of programmer, but can mean just about anything now.

Isn't this it?

Github.

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