[sudo-discuss] nptech.io <= the social good hackernews

[Pete Forsyth]

So excellent -- really, really good! Thanks for posting here, and for
passing along that suggestion :)

Pete


On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:

> hi everyone,
>
> i spoke with john (who made the site) about some of the concerns you all
> raised and he's created an about page:
> http://nptech.io/s/j4p1dw/about_nptech_io. they're also very responsive
> on twitter: https://twitter.com/_nptech
>
> going to add more things to it!
>
> - marina
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Awesome, thanks! Look forward to hearing more.
>> Pete
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> i met the person who's working on it today and will hopefully see them
>>> again tomorrow (at a conference), so will ask!
>>>
>>> - marina
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> It looks great on the surface, but as with so many of these things, I
>>>> find myself hungry for context, and the site provides none! Who built it?
>>>> What were their goals? How will they be thinking about whether they are
>>>> reaching those goals? How committed are they to fixing bugs, developing new
>>>> features, doing outreach, ensuring that it reaches its potential, ensuring
>>>> that it's not put to negative and unanticipated uses (spam, bullying, etc
>>>> etc)? What kind of resources (financial, humanpower, emotional) do they
>>>> have to bring to it? This month? This year? This decade?
>>>>
>>>> These are the kinds of things that are probably known, and could easily
>>>> be communicated through a prominent "About this project" page or similar.
>>>> These days, when a page like that doesn't exist, I tend to think "Oh, that
>>>> looks like an interesting project with potential" and move on, unless
>>>> something actively pulls be back in.
>>>>
>>>> Marina, do you know any of those answers? Are you in a position to
>>>> suggest that the creators tell a bit of that story on the site itself?
>>>>
>>>> I hope this doesn't come across as curmudgeonly. I think it's an easy
>>>> problem to solve, so I hope this feedback is useful!
>>>>
>>>> Pete
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> i have wanted this to exist for a long time and now it exists!
>>>>>
>>>>> nptech.io is the hacker news for social good.
>>>>>
>>>>> let's put more awesome stuff on it and tell everyone! how else are we
>>>>> going to find out about all the rad stuff that everyone is working on? we
>>>>> need this!
>>>>>
>>>>> - marina
>>>>>
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>>>
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