PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN

Re:PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN by JayInt on Monday July 13, 2020 @06:55AM (#23819360)

So, I run a company called https://www.localhalo.com/ it builds local communities a bit like discord/slack but all geo-fenced.

We found that social utility is how you solve a LOT of these issues. If someone is going to be negative on your platform then give them the 'action' instead for that pain.

In local this is normally an issue with a neighbour, something for the HOA or something for Local Gov't. Just make them slackbot-esque buttons/commands. Give reacting features for others to support and you've turned decenters into your most active patrons.

The trick with social utility is only giving access to solutions that better everyone. People are lazy and if they can find a single way to do 80/20 of their community wants it normally produces good-actors.

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Re:PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN by dang on Monday July 13, 2020 @02:00PM (#23823615)

You should post this as a Show HN when you're ready. I think the community here would be interested to discuss it. See https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html and the tips at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22336638.

If you want, send a draft to [email protected] and I'll try to help you with feedback similar to how I help YC startups with their launches (https://news.ycombinator.com/launches - that's a YC-only thing but Show HNs are similar). Just realize that I can't necessarily reply quickly. The inbox can be brutal.

Same offer goes for anyone who wants some advice about how to present their work to HN.

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