[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":454},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-10908987":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":44,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":83,"maker_in_thread":233,"shape":245,"grid":249,"attempts":415,"same_week":416,"maker_shows":45,"maker_hidden":446,"reader_version":447,"card":448},"10908987","OSwatch","A News Aggregation Site for Open-Source Software","title","Show HN: OSwatch – A News Aggregation Site for Open-Source Software","https:\u002F\u002Foswatch.net\u002F","oswatch.net","d99kris",1452862628,2016,150,73,221,2264,10,"notable","productivity","news aggregator","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"open source news","software news aggregator","open source community","lobsters fork","mixed",-0.201,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},9,15,2,16,42,{"idea":37,"execution":40,"design":42},{"positive":38,"critical":39},3,8,{"positive":41,"critical":38},0,{"positive":33,"critical":43},5,[45,45,38,38,38,41,38,38,45,45,38,41,45,45,38,38,45,45,45,38,43,38,43,43,45,45,41,43,45,38,43,45,43,38,38,38,43,43,45,45],1,null,{"problem":48,"audience":55,"pricing":46,"motivation":63,"time_to_build":46,"stack":67,"openness":80,"stage":81,"team_size":82},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Lack of a timely, focused news source for open-source software.","maker",[52],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},"10910243","Yes, it's all valid feedback. I kind of felt a gap for a timely updated and focused news source focused on \"open source\". At this point I don't plan to shift to an existing news…",{"value":56,"source":57,"evidence":58},"Open-source software followers and developers.","inferred",[59,60],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},"10910067","Much valid points and interesting view. I did think about a few of these aspects - in particular community fostering and whether to focus on a specific project or area. It was…",{"value":64,"source":50,"evidence":65},"Wanted a Hacker News-style site focused on open source news, sharing and discussion.",[66],{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},[68,74],{"value":69,"source":50,"evidence":70},"Ruby on Rails",[71],{"id":72,"by":11,"text":73},"10909206","Thanks! Actually the implementation is based on https:\u002F\u002Flobste.rs code at https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fjcs\u002Flobsters but yes, the plan is to open source this fork quite soon.",{"value":75,"source":50,"evidence":76},"nginx",[77],{"id":78,"by":11,"text":79},"10910146","Thanks! I hadn't thought about having an IRC channel. I'm trying to keep up with the invitations. Didn't honestly expect that much interest. :) I hope the website is still usable…","open_source","beta","solo",{"praise":84,"objections":107,"requests":156,"questions":186,"alternatives":206},[85,97],{"value":86,"source":87,"evidence":88},"Useful concept and nice website","commenter",[89,93],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"10911282","gkya","Well, there are a lot of zealots in every camp, so they'd attack even if you named it PISSwatch. But you have spent time and put out great, useful work, and nobody has the right…",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"10909177","magicmu","Great idea, I'll definitely follow! Is the site itself open source? If so, I'd love to help out.",{"value":98,"source":87,"evidence":99},"Interesting UI design",[100,104],{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"10909823","unixhero","I dig the innovative user interface metaphor. It's refreshing.",{"id":105,"by":102,"text":106},"10911156","English is not my first language either. Sarcasm has no place here on Hacker News, and I was not being sarcastic. I guess I could have elaborated. I think the way you have placed…",[108,123,137,148],{"value":109,"source":87,"evidence":110},"Name OS is confused with operating system and other sites",[111,115,119],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"10909173","purpled_haze","A problem with the domain name is that to mean OS means operating system. Also, hardcore free software folks hate using the term \"open-source\" for their free code. But, I hope it…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"10910587","nickpsecurity","I thought it was about about operating systems when I saw the name. Kind of like OSnews. Probably should've been OSSwatch.",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"10909100","petecooper","Not to be mistaken for\u002Fconfused with: http:\u002F\u002Foss-watch.ac.uk",{"value":124,"source":87,"evidence":125},"Default text and favicon too small, grey text low contrast",[126,130,134],{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"10909982","SunShiranui","I think your default text size is a bit too tiny (I'm on a 1920x1080 15\" display). Although that's a problem for HN as well.",{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"10909402","vmateixeira","And please consider changing the favicon perhaps? (letters too small)",{"id":135,"by":132,"text":136},"10909384","It may be useful, thanks, will keep an eye on it. Although, its name made me think of a new Swatch watch and I found it a bit slow. Also you should consider adding some font…",{"value":138,"source":87,"evidence":139},"Automated listbot posts clutter front page and lack source links",[140,144],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"10910263","jlgaddis","Please make it possible to block\u002Fignore postings by specific usernames (e.g. \"listbot\"). That's 75% of the front page right now and I already get a number of those in my inbox.…",{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"10909152","raimue","The automatic postings by listbot should contain the original source URL. Some posts are not helpful if there is no way to get to the project's website. Also the formatting of…",{"value":149,"source":87,"evidence":150},"Site was slow and SSL certificate errors",[151,152],{"id":135,"by":132,"text":136},{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"10909274","mattlutze","When I first noticed the headline on the HN wall, I thought it was a show-and-tell for new smart watch software. OP, for some reason I'm getting verification errors when trying…",[157,171,175,179],{"value":158,"source":87,"evidence":159},"Rename the site, e.g. FOSSwatch or OSSwatch",[160,164,167],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"10909425","jordigh","I like \"foss\". It's almost universally understood to refer to free software and open source. These two are really the same thing, but just like \"cease and desist\" or \"terms and…",{"id":165,"by":91,"text":166},"10910630","Came here for the exact same comment. And, while at it, consider also FOSSwatch, as the free software people do not think that open soure includes their philosophy.",{"id":168,"by":169,"text":170},"10909086","ddoolin","I like the idea but perhaps OSSwatch would be a better name?",{"value":172,"source":87,"evidence":173},"Block postings from specific users like listbot",[174],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},{"value":176,"source":87,"evidence":177},"Link to original source URLs in automated posts",[178],{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},{"value":180,"source":87,"evidence":181},"Add an IRC channel",[182],{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"10910027","giancarlostoro","Nice work, naming aside, I would suggest maybe if possible add an IRC channel (you don't have to host your own server or anything, Freenode or Quakenet etc is fine). It could…",[187,195,202],{"value":188,"source":87,"evidence":189},"Is the site open source and what technology does it use?",[190,191],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},{"id":192,"by":193,"text":194},"10910310","boyanpro","What is technology behind it? How do you automatically collect news?",{"value":196,"source":87,"evidence":197},"What is the difference with lobste.rs?",[198],{"id":199,"by":200,"text":201},"10909268","carlchenet","what's the difference with lobste.rs ?",{"value":203,"source":87,"evidence":204},"How is news collected automatically?",[205],{"id":192,"by":193,"text":194},[207,215,219,226],{"value":208,"source":87,"evidence":209},"Lobsters",[210,211],{"id":199,"by":200,"text":201},{"id":212,"by":213,"text":214},"10910332","antstorm","I don't think guys at lobste.rs would mind this approach, try starting a discussion on GitHub. Obvious choice here of course is Reddit, but it's a bit overblown.",{"value":216,"source":87,"evidence":217},"Reddit",[218],{"id":212,"by":213,"text":214},{"value":220,"source":87,"evidence":221},"OSNews",[222],{"id":223,"by":224,"text":225},"10909088","thomasdd","I was used to check http:\u002F\u002Fosnews.com\u002F daily for Years now. But for me, they update frequency is quite poor, so i stopped visiting the site at all. This looks promissing and nice.",{"value":227,"source":87,"evidence":228},"Telescope",[229],{"id":230,"by":231,"text":232},"10910812","smt88","I don't know what code you're using, but there's actually a great piece of OSS that does exactly what you need: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.telescopeapp.org\u002F",{"comments":234,"answered":39,"key":235},23,[236,239,242],{"id":237,"text":238},"10909485","If you don't mind sharing the error you encountered (screenshot?) feel free to drop me an email - address in my profile. I just got the SSL via Namecheap a few days back, I…",{"id":240,"text":241},"10909280","Thanks for the feedback! It looks like the name was not optimally chosen based on the feedback in this thread, so I may need to address that. If the site or FB\u002Ftwitter-feeds…",{"id":243,"text":244},"10909529","OK thanks for the suggestion - I've gone ahead and registered FOSSwatch.com. 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