126 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 9 Jun 2023 \ parent \ on: What sub should Stacker News add next? bitcoin
SN is currently more like HN but the end vision is to be more like Reddit.
See the pitch deck here: #44287
I see your point regarding the name, but I think the name could also just be related to us stacking on whatever topic.
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121 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 9 Jun 2023
Thanks for the link. I never saw the pitch deck before. That causes me to rethink my position. Two things:
  1. Nostr struggles to break free of the bitcoin only trap, as fiatjaf has warned about. There, the name and structure doesn't even suggest a relationship to bitcoin, but bitcoin is the payment system.
  2. Here, the name is Stacker News. The obvious implication is that the site focuses on news about stacking. It seems that quite a leap will have to be made at some point to have the topic reach of reddit, and it might require a name change.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 9 Jun 2023
The name isn't "Bitcoin News", though. "Stacker" describes the audience, but doesn't place any inherent limitation on what news we might be interested in. The site can have a highly selected audience without arbitrarily defining the scope of conversation.
I also don't think there should be a goal of emulating Reddit's breadth. Rather, I think the goal should be to make SN as rewarding as possible for those of us who love coming here. The quality of interaction is really high here and it would be a shame to reduce the scope of those interactions.
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