Tell:<p>http://designthought.org<p>Ask:<p>It seemed to have energy (and submitters besides me) early on, but it's fizzled out. I want to get it growing again.<p>I used reddit because it took 5 mins to setup, but now I'm wondering if reddit aversion could be keeping people away who would normally be interested in the content there.<p>What do you think? Should I try customizing the presentation (away from the reddit default) or should I move it off reddit entirely?
Personally (as a designer) I don't think its the right approach for a design community/news source.<p>If you look at dribbble.com - they're clearly onto something for designers.
Truth is, you challenges aren't uncommon.<p>I'm one of the folks working on undrln. We really liked what was going on with HN and wanted to replicate it for the design/marketing community. Our site has been online for just over a year now.<p>The tough part with social news sites like these for the creative sector, is that there are so many of them. As such, you're competing for attention with many other similar sites.<p>My suggestion is that you concentrate on building a small, engaged community, and avoid worrying about the technology too much.Fact is, HN isn't by any means the nicest site, but the discussion makes it a great site.