Startup StackOverflow | Hacker News Reader

Startup StackOverflow

10 pointstghw20 comments

I grabbed http://startups.stackexchange.com/ since it was available. I would like it to be a community resource the way StackOverflow has been for development. Let me know how you would like to see it used.

View on HN

What's wrong with asking startup-related questions here, keeping everything local and cultivating a discussion around them?

They're just harder to find, so sometimes the same questions keep getting asked over and over again. I'm not trying to force this, just facilitate it if there's interest.

Sean Grove (who frequents hn) runs a similar site. http://chuwe.com/

Link: http://startups.stackexchange.com/

Somewhat offtopic, are there other stackexchange.com sites that have been set up, and look successful? (I couldn't find a list anywhere) I'm curious to see what other sites have been made.

http://moms4mom.com is the only one I've heard of.

Still, the site format is optimized for really narrow verticals. I think they're going to have trouble overcoming the fact that the best example of their knowledge engine's success is really inaccessible to the average user. I'm guessing even a lot of IT guys would have trouble understanding/demonstrating how useful StackExchange might be for a topic completely unrelated to code.

edit: I do think the technology is very interesting, just that non-technical people will have trouble seeing that.

That's cool. The site looks why good, why do you think it isn't suitable for non-technicals?

I wish I could think of some cool topics to make one for.

The color scheme is hard on the eyes like meta and superuser. I think they need to hire a designer.

I think that, until you see a populated StackExchange site (with content you understand), it's not really clear how useful it can be.

Non-technical people pretty much just have moms4mom.com to look at right now.

Amusingly, Jon Skeet is only 3rd place for most reputation there.

I'm also trying to get http://www.PhotoQnA.com/ up. Not as successful as moms4mom yet, but I'm hopeful.

I started http://www.ourluckydime.com for financial related questions. I've actually enjoyed getting into the marketing and community building side of things and although it hasn't really paid off so far it has been a good experience.

I grabbed http://startup.stackexchange.com/ :)

Could we make it exclusive somehow? Like certain HN kharma to get in, say ~1160 :-)

Or maybe the answers become public to non-members after so many months? Does it have that feature?

Interesting choice of karma score... :)

Right now, there is no such exclusivity, nor would I really want it, personally. I would, however, want to recruit moderators from HN, especially those with higher karma.

StackExchange is self-moderating, the most active users automatically gain mod powers.

Why would you want to restrict it this way? I could understand some limitations like editing, commenting…* but accessing the answers? Sounds odd.

* StackOverflow (or StackExchange precisely) is actually built so that trolls and their friends are limited in what they can do anyway

Is it expensive?

$129/month, but I have some "ins" at Fog Creek, so I might be able to work something out. If not, I'd try and find companies to sponsor it.

You're not going back after your break?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com