Banker News
Web and SaaS
news aggregator for finance
SHOW HN2013
422points
156comments
#15of 1,739 in 2013
Top 1%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
15 positive, 38 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 21 critical, out of 78 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Idea: 7 for, 6 againstDesign: 1 for, 12 againstExecution: 4 for, 3 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
Good design and execution, finished product
From 3 comments
surprised to see zero working class backlash or jokes just because its for bankers. i'm sure that says something about the 'class' of people who frequent HN... good work though.…
jheriko on HNThis is great.
nhsoccer7 on HNThis is cool, and I hope it catches on. Despite its flaws and quirks I think HN has something nice going on in terms of the overall submission and discussion quality, and I don't…
austinz on HN
Mobile Android client built by a commenter
From 2 comments
Just published an app to the Google Play store for your site. It's called Banker News and is available here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mattyork.bankernews…
my3681 on HNI made this HN reader app for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manuelmaly.hn Source code is here: https://github.com/manmal/hn-android Would you be ok…
manmal on HN
Objections
Name BoredBanker is unappealing or unprofessional
From 5 comments
I'm not a member of your target audience, but I can't imagine BoredBanker is a very motivating name for people to start interesting discussions.
nicklovescode on HNIt's the first thing I noticed about the site, and this was my thought exactly. I hope OP reconsiders.
gk1 on HNNor is it a good name for word-of-mouth. "Hey, I saw an interesting article on BoredBanker."
chaz on HNboredbanker.com is not a very good name considering a large portion of your target audience will likely browse the site from work.
joelthelion on HNNot a fan of the name. Bankers are only a small portion of finance folks, and I don't want my boss to see me browsing a site with connotations that I'm "bored". Why not just…
Nicholas_C on HN
Needs moderation to keep quality high and filter trolls
From 3 comments
I highly suggest you curate the quality of your posts, users and comments. Perhaps, even at the expense of potential users. I think reddit is a prime example of how badly quality…
iheartmemcache on HNFor context: I'm sat on a trading floor in the City of London right now. I had a similar idea (inspired by Slashdot) about ten years ago but, like so many of my great ideas (e.g.…
jackgavigan on HNI think you have something here. Like others have mentioned, find a way to filter out the crap posts.
ballpeen on HN
Copying HN design too closely
From 3 comments
I think the idea is very interesting. Though, unlike the HN community - which is mostly tech audience - I don't think that using HN's design is a good idea. Programmers really…
talhof8 on HNI don't understand how copying a website almost feature by feature can make it to the front page of HN
vegasbrianc on HNI feel out of the HN clones, designer news is the best because it didn't copy HN. Love to see better design on boredbanker. Also, is it illegal to copy the HN design?
taskstrike on HN
Requests
Change the name
From 2 comments
I'm also a member of your target audience. Change the name to something else from "Financier News" && "Bored Banker". Site looks good - have bookmarked.
phyalow on HNBanker News
Jagat on HN
Open source the code
From 2 comments
Are you going to open source it?
DustinCalim on HNopen source it op
ooooak on HN
Add a way to flag submissions
From 1 comment
Does not have an option to flag a submission. First thing i missed.
rshm on HN
Questions
Is the site targeted at bankers and why would people leave other sites
From 1 comment
Is this targeted at bankers? Why are people going to leave wallstreetoasis for this?
foobarqux on HN
What is the business model
From 1 comment
Interesting. If I may ask, what is the business model? Or is there one? If not, what's the motivation?
rexreed on HN
Alternatives named
Quant.ly (shut down May 2013)
From 2 comments
Something similar that didn't make it (shut down in May 2013): http://quant.ly/
pgroves on HNNot first time that somebody tries to make quant news: http://quant.ly/ . Wish yours site has more luck that this one.
dnc on HN
StreetEye
From 1 comment
Member of your target audience here; some others have done similar styled sites (up voting, but no discussion). Check out [0]. Might actually be run by someone who follow HN. [0]…
frenchman_in_ny on HN
Lobste.rs and Quibb invite-based communities
From 2 comments
Related to this, take a look at how lobste.rs handles new members: you either need an invitation from an existing one (and your behaviour is associated with that person in the…
stevejalim on HNI agree, a similar system is put in place at Quibb, it works quite well.
Joe8Bit on HN