Enlyte is a new cs/tech community. Right now tech-only content is pulled from HN.
Some small differences from HN include:
- Downvoting comments either requires user to spend 1 of their own karma OR an explanatory reply, this is to encourage constructive discussions and combat toxic-induced downvotes.
- Posts and Comment Influence Points are capped per Post/Comment to combat influence farming
- Markdown support
- Notifications
- HN comment replies can be fully collapsed, so you can dig into the comment that interest you most
This is a work in progress, so if you find any bugs (I’m sure they will show up) or have any suggestions/questions, you can comment on HN or email me at contact@enlyte.com
> Enlyte is a new cs/tech community. Right now tech-only content is pulled from HN.
We've let people do mashups, alternative UIs, and other cool experiments with HN data, but "pulling" (i.e. copying) HN's content wholesale in an attempt to start a separate community seems very different and, frankly, dodgy. Not to mention branding it as "a" Hacker News, like you have in the title above.
If you think you can make a better community than HN with different features, you're free to try, but not by mirroring and forking HN's discussions.
It's an SPA and I do think it's a refreshing take on HN. Much faster loading feel. Don't know if I would use it as my HN front end - why not just make it a separate system altogether?
Faster loading? HN pages are so fast I sometimes wonder if my click missed the "refresh" button. This one has time to display two loading states, and the HN main page loads long before this thing's first loading state's done. This takes at least a full second before content shows up.
