Ask HN: Does anyone want to help me make a HN for the fitness industry?
The fitness industry is huge and I know I would love a Hacker News type site for the various Health, Nutrition, and Fitness news, blogs, and products out there.
Does anyone else think this would be interesting?
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It's an interesting idea. There is a possibility though, that Hacker News itself is the only HN-type site that can be successful.
What makes HN work isn't the software, it's the behaviour of the community, which vigorously votes up and flags spammy or off-topic posts. I imagine that a community of tech-minded hackers are the most suited for this activity. I imagine that a large majority of those visiting a fitness-related site would be less tech-savvy and logically-minded.
You are very likely to get a LOT of spam from advertisers, and if the community does not moderate it then you'd need super-users to do it. Maybe digg would be a better model?
That's a great point. I do enjoy the community here and how it self regulates for the most part and know that it's the community that makes this site work (and also great).
I like the Digg idea, I'll have to take a closer look over there. Thanks!
I personally would probably not use it, I never visit r/fitness for example. But if you need a nerd to help build it I might be able to help with that.