Readit NewsIs this concept against the terms of third party APIs like Twitter/Facebook?
How will you get sports fans to visit listing-platform.com?
Are there any legal hurdles with scaling this across state lines?
Be Nice is a good goal for Apply HN since it promotes civil discussion and stops the threads from devolving into semantic "lol no https u suck" that some Show HN threads tend to devolve into.
Users are not nice. They don't comment on HN or Twitter, they just stop using it without fanfare. And what determine a startup's success in the real world is if people want to use it.
Hindsight is 20/20, yes. But I do have concerns that "Be Nice" may dissuade commenters/potential customers from pointing out legitimate, immediate flaws.
The former puts the applicant on the defensive whereas the latter encourages discussion.
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