Brad Feld created a Hacker News-esque site, Startup Revolution

Sorry, but no. While the content may be the same, the format is entirely the opposite of what I read HN for. Even given the same quality of discussion and links:<p>- The thumbnails add nothing useful<p>- Fewer headlines are visible without scrolling<p>- Insipid 'social' functions showing me everything going on down the right pane<p>I read Reddit and HN, but I read them for different reasons. I'm not looking for a Reese's-esque solution, I would like my chocolate and peanut butter decidedly separate.

No disrespect to Brad, but just "Brad Feld" in the title as someone everyone should know? I can see that he's an insider and all, I just have never managed to hear much about him.<p>Should I be familiar with him?<p>The site looks great, though, although the white-to-pink contrast is pretty bad. The more HN alternatives, the better.

I doubt Brad spent much time on this. If you notice, it's powered by "SocialEngine", which got its seed funding from TechStars where Brad is a mentor.

Good grief that is a hideous website

Hey guys, I'm with SocialEngine - we are helping Brad build this community. First off, want to thank you all for the helpful feedback here.<p>- We've toned down the colors. Look better? - Sounds like you guys feel that the right-side gutter isn't serving a good purpose? Should we just ditch that? - We are going to tone down the BigDoor plugin.<p>This is still, at its core, an experiment. It definitely isn't perfect yet - the underlying platform is only 2 months old - so your feedback is really helping us... please keep it coming!

A superficial issue I'm sure, but the abundance of pink is somewhat offensive to the eyes, a lot of things really need to be toned down.<p>But content is what matters, and the content seems alright.

Found two bugs in the sign up and took me 5 tries to get through the form:<p>1. The about me field and uploaded image input reset themselves whenever your form is invalid.<p>2. When signing up with Twitter, the form doesn't register that your image is already set via Twitter and forces the user to upload one locally.

So far Startup Revolution is crap. I was neither able to edit my submission there (title,description) after posting, nor was I able to delete my own submission. And when posting the same link again, it wasn't detected as a duplicate and organized in such a way.

For those interested, there's also a post on Tech Cocktail describing Brad's vision for the community:<p><a href="http://tech.co/brad-feld-startup-revolution-hub-2012-12" rel="nofollow">http://tech.co/brad-feld-startup-revolution-hub-2012-12</a>

I'm having a hard time understanding how that website is any different from reddit.com/r/startups. Sure, it looks different, but the content is the same. The reason I visit HN is for the people commenting here, not the actual posts. Even the simplest thread can spark an interesting discussion from physics to business. I fail to see how that site will try to build such atmosphere. The desgin is also too busy, looks like a wordpress blog with one too many plug-ins.

This is slightly offtopic but there used to be a clone of Hacker News that someone created. It was HN without all the startup stuff, instead focusing on hardcore technical topics. I lost the bookmark a while ago and have never found it again. If anyone has a link, it will be greatly appreciated!

No. I hate x ways to do y articles (lists). Hate social media expert-esque posts.

I don't know that I would have lead with "Brad Feld" while he's certainly a respected entrepreneur it takes away from the news-esque site that wants me to earn rewards. No thanks.

For some odd reason, www.about.me/myusername is not a valid webpage. I'm a bit pissed with the sign up. Third time in a row I can't sign in.

Why are there "rewards" and why can't I register?

While I think HN could use some UX improvements, this attempt adds too much noise while adding little value.

Can't stand that pink for very long :(

A "pink" revolution?