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not to me :) This site is obviously filled with people who are passionate. Some of the startup sites are terrible and not focused on web/online startups. Programming forums are generally that but a fusion site, mixing programming, design and business would be great.

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Good idea inovica. That would be a great mix for a forum.

and what makes you think that there are no biz dev, designers, and programmers here?

You've completely missed the point. I'm saying that the people who post and read here ARE these people, but that its not always the best mechanism for all meeting up or getting advice from one another.

No, I think you've completely missed the point. Anytime I've had a question, I've posted here. Sure, there are other forums, boards, groups, etc that you can go to, but if you tried to bring them all together, it would get muddled and all the good hackers would leave. Kind of like digg, reddit.

The question was "What interests me is what forums / sites people on here use to discuss startups?" as I'm curious at what other mechanisms (other than this site) people use in their daily routine. It would be interesting to see if there are certain sites which stand out. For me posting too much on this site - if everyone did it - would seriously increase the noise ratio when this is primarily a.... news site

I do see your point in that regard. The key is, if you just want to discuss a startup, you need only ask the question ("is my idea good..."), etc. If you are looking for partners, just post "looking for cofounder..". What else about startups is there to discuss, besides what is posted here and what you would talk to your cofounder(s) about? Am I missing something?

http://forums.techcrunch.com/forums/category.jspa?categoryID...

Check that out if you are really interested. Thats what I assume you're thinking of.

signal to noise ratio seems extremely low.

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