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Re:Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources by hardwaresofton on Saturday June 19, 2021 @10:11PM (#27566474)
I'd go the other way, please don't add commentary and a good way to monetize this kind of site would be to charge for access to a separate related forum/discourse instance. Optionally you could show comments if someone wants to see them on the page (or include a link to the dedicated forum thread for every post).

Having commentary on a site like this is a great way to turn into WSB/StockTwits and/or have people attempting to pump and dump.

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Re:Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources by Doches on Saturday June 19, 2021 @10:33PM (#27566603)
> Having commentary on a site like this is a great way to turn into WSB/StockTwits

I don't know; I'd be pretty pleased to be running (and monetizing!) a site at the scale & impact of WSB.

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Re:Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources by hardwaresofton on Sunday June 20, 2021 @12:36AM (#27567108)
Fair point -- if the goal is monetization/stickiness-for-advertising instead of quality (no moral judgement on my part) then maybe it does make sense to encourage the "engagement" of users in that way.

I wonder if it's harder to stand-out as an WSB/StockTwits alternative or as a product for investors looking for a "better" news source.

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Re:Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources by rufasterisco on Sunday June 20, 2021 @06:46AM (#27568834)
HN biggest achievement is its civil, informative, curated, comment section. Without comments, you have "stock news from 40+ sources", just not "Hacker News-ish".
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