Ask News.YC: Does anybody want a forums here?

2 pointsby trekker719 anni fa3 comments

Maybe this has been asked before, but would there be any interest in having a Hacker News Forums, for general, casual discussion as opposed to just commenting on news posts? I think of HN as a community rather than just a place to read interesting stuff.

If there's enough interest, PG, maybe you could add that component to the site if you have time?

3 comments

rms19 anni fa

It's unnecessary. You can submit items without links. So if you want a discussion that isn't about a news item, just pick a topic and submit it.

vlad19 anni fa

The hckrtrckr site (N.YC/Google Maps mashup) says location-based forums should be up within days.

dottertrotter19 anni fa

HackrTrackr is almost done. I rewrote quite a bit of it in order to speed up load times, and the area based forums I'm hoping to complete in the next couple days.