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Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?
Designers have Dribbble, Behance, etc. Businessmen have LinkedIn. HN is nice for simple article links but is hardly a robust network. Where are the social networks for programmers/hackers?
- allanscu 14y agohttp://geekli.st http://geekli.st
- josegonzalez 14y agoGithub.
- brianmac 14y agoThere is, it's called github ;). More seriously, we don't feel the need to update our status every day. pushing code is our status, isn't it?
- danebaker 14y agoI don't see the need for that either; I'm referring to sharing things in a more visual way (Pinterest), making new code available (Github), adding friends and likeminded folks (Facebook), discussing topics in groups (LinkedIn).
- imaginationac 14y agoThe obvious answer to why is, no one's built it yet. Forrst supposed fill the showing off things in pictures void (plus it's exclusive, just like Facebook used to be). Github comes pretty close, you can even have a personal page (though updating has be done via pushes). A feature I'd like to see in such a site is a repository/tool for defining syntax rules & colorschemes for editors.
- aymeric 14y agoForrst is supposed to be that.
- solnyshok 14y agoin a way, google+ is a facebook for programmers, designers, geeks and startupers. nobody else gives a damn.
- danebaker 14y agoI think you can remove the word "else" from the last sentence. ;o
- drewwilson 14y agoAnswer: http://dialog.gs http://dialog.gs Launching this week :)
- middleman90 14y agodo you have an invite?
- danebaker 14y agoGithub is a glorified repository. Sorry, but any "social network" that requires code pushes isn't intended for that. :)
- AznHisoka 14y agoStackOverflow and StackExchange. I consider HN a social network for hackers too.
- reiz 14y agohttp://versioneye.com/ http://versioneye.com/ is a community around Software Libraries. They will release a news wall with comments and statuses in the next weeks.
- wildtype 14y agoDo they need it? There are twitter, reddit, HN, irc, stackexchange, Github, and facebook itself. Why programmers & hackers need special social network if they can interact with many networks?
- reiz 14y agoI think most hackers and coders are on Twitter.
- computerslol 14y agohow are programmers and hackers different?
- krollew 14y agoThat's obvious. Programmer is somebody who create source code. Hacker is someone who learn alot about IT stuff and knows multiple times more than typical coder. Someone who can solve real problem. Programming is a craft, hacking is an art.
- computerslol 14y agoIt's not obvious. The word has become ambiguous. It was once used to describe a certain sort of programmer, but can mean just about anything now.
- calydon 14y agoIsn't this it?