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comment by Grendel
Grendel  ·  3469 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hub1.org - a website that combines reddit and imageboard features

Oh, I remember checking this out a while ago. From the software side, there's obviously been some improvement.

Just a few questions:

1. How do you plan to deal with spambots without implementing captchas?

2. Do you have any kind of business model in mind, and if yes, how are you going to process payments?

3. What's your target audience? It's not an imageboard, so I doubt it will appeal to the 4chan/8chan crowd. You can't downvote people you disagree with, so reddit won't touch it with a 10ft pole.

I think these are all questions you should have an answer for before you start advertising.





hub1dev  ·  3469 days ago  ·  link  ·  

1. We will eventually have to implement some kind of captchas, but I would rather have a background-detection or you only have to enter it once every 24 hours like 8chan does. Captchas everytime you post is just a last resort

2. If the site gets big enough I will accept donations via bitcoin, I have no business model in mind because this isn't primarly about making money for me.

3. It's definitely something new, but users of both imageboards and reddit should feel comfortable using this site. The ideal target audience are people who hate the hivemind opinions from reddit (because of that we have no votes) and that everything is linked to your username (people digging in your history), but who also prefer a better, more modern user interface than classical imageboards provide.