Re:Show HN: I made online community for unusual people
by taurath on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @02:46PM
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You're right - it wasn't a very good example, and it is a valid idea for a community. There are plenty of communities online for people with depression, anxiety, people on medication, people with mental illnesses...
I think there's more than a translation issue here though. I don't think the author really knows much about the community he's trying to serve - and its not just a subtlety of language thing.
Re:Show HN: I made online community for unusual people
by coldtea on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @04:44PM
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Yeah, could do with an english speaker/editor to pick better wordings...
Re:Show HN: I made online community for unusual people
by Kye on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @04:16PM
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They're generally started by people in those demographics. The person here seems to have helicoptered into a wide range of loosely connected demographics with a community none of them asked for.
Re:Show HN: I made online community for unusual people
by coldtea on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @04:46PM
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I think the community is the people that will come in, and that can happen given the tools and atmosphere.
The guy just provides the backend tools (forum service, targeted to specific audience, etc).
If enough people with those interests come in, it can be a totally viable community, regardless of whether somebody "asked for" it or not.
Both (or actual all three) examples seem like totally valid communities. There are groups of flying enthusiasts, starbucks-lovers, as there are coffee-lovers, star wars fans, FreeBSD users, etc.
And of course there are (existing) forums and online communities of people sharing the same issues, whether it's mental illness, the big C, abuse, trauma, and so on.
Isn't that the point of the board?
The lost in translation bits can be fixed of course, but in itself it's not a bad idea.