Collective.Energy
Consumer and social
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SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
5 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Responsive interface and good community initiative
From 2 comments
Looks great! I love how responsive it is. Did you code it or did you use an existing platform?
mobilefriendly on HNI don't care what you made was good, I upvoted you one intention alone. More techies should work on this, myself included. It may be interesting to hear my and other people their…
mettamage on HN
Objections
Moderation concerns about climate deniers and debate overwhelming the platform
From 3 comments
Do you plan any moderation to combat climate deniers?
perfunctory on HNI am just worried that your platform might turn into a debate forum with endless back and forth arguments instead of being a "community for discussing positive climate actions".…
perfunctory on HNyou're going to let a bunch of astroturfing people wreck your platform and it's not going to be useful to anyone. you're being naive.
joshypants on HN
Focus is too much on individual action rather than collective action
From 1 comment
Your forum seems overwhelmingly focused on individual action. I would be interested if your focus shifted to organizing collective action. Organized boycotts, for instance.
gaze on HN
Name evokes off-grid micro-grids
From 1 comment
Nice project. Can't fault your intentions. The name seems odd to me however, as I read it from the perspective of electrical energy. Most countries already have extensive…
probablypower on HN
Requests
Allow account registration without email
From 1 comment
Why can't I register without giving my email address?
perfunctory on HN
Support organizing collective action such as boycotts
From 1 comment
Your forum seems overwhelmingly focused on individual action. I would be interested if your focus shifted to organizing collective action. Organized boycotts, for instance.
gaze on HN
Questions
What copyright applies to contributor posts?
From 1 comment
This looks like really interesting & useful. Couple questions: What copyright is assigned to the posts from contributors? Creative Commons? Could there be a way to allow users to…
linguaz on HN
How will climate denier posts be moderated?
From 1 comment
Do you plan any moderation to combat climate deniers?
perfunctory on HN
Alternatives named
ClimateColab
From 1 comment
Looks cool. A related project is MIT's ClimateColab: https://www.climatecolab.org/ They run annual contests for climate solutions. For several years they had a conference at MIT…
DennisP on HN
Climateaction.tech
From 1 comment
Great, I like the idea. Something that you may find useful that I came across recently is Climateaction.tech [0], which may have some overlap that you could take advantage of.…
sails on HN