Are there any Online Communities for Web Dev / Entrepreneur Types?

6 points by trixjo ↗ HN
I love HackerNews but an online community geared towards conversations pertaining to entrepreneurial ventures for web developers it is not.

Does anyone know of any websites that fit this bill? I am looking for a few to join.

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> an online community geared towards conversations pertaining to entrepreneurial ventures for web developers it is not

It is, and more than that.

Your account is 80 days old, you've commented four times in total one of which scored a -4, and you've submitted - this entry included - twice.

And you're already ready to pass judgement on what HN is or is not.

HN is what you make it, you'll find that if you participate in stories related to the subjects that you indicate and if you post more stories related to those subjects that it is indeed exactly that - and more.

The 'more' is all the other stuff that you are apparently not interested in.

Like any other forum HN is scoped, it is scoped narrowly enough that it is possible to say what does and what does not belong here, and the stuff you indicate ('entrepreneurial ventures for web developers') is about as on-topic as it gets here.

Don't say the cake is not to your taste before you've at least done more than looked at it.

So presumptuous.

Does anyone else have any links to web dev / entrepreneur type communities?

Search Lean startups,Startups.com is pretty friendly but it's a Q&A site. Also local meetup groups, meetup.com. Visit popular VC or Angel blogs, founders love to hang around and share ideas and experiences. AVC.com is my favorite. HN is a pretty large community so seeing the same commenter twice can take weeks.

Also learning how to ask a question is directly related to the quality of the answer.

Upvoted. Thanks for the links. Already tried a few of them.
It's a simple question. He's looking for a community that is more directly suited to his interests, not passing judgement on yours.
A simple question is:

"Do you know of other sites geared towards web application developers?"

Adding:

"an online community geared towards conversations pertaining to entrepreneurial ventures for web developers it is not"

Definitely gives me a feeling of judgment being passed.

Corn flakes yellow this morning?

I like the way jacquesm has been downvoting all of my posts.

Talk about passing judgement.

You have access to the voting log of HN?

For the record, you can not downvote posts that reply to yours.

You could not know that because you do not have enough points yet to downvote at all.

No denial has been posted.
Trolling on HN has unexpected side effects, if I were you I'd be a bit more careful.

This isn't reddit. Not by a long shot.

What kind of conversations are you looking for that you don't see here? I don't ask to defend the utility of HN for All Purposes(tm), but to understand your question better.
If you are a web developer, then the communities geared for the tools you use are probably a good place to look. For example, if you are primarily a Wordpress developer then there's lots of Wordpress communities. I'm sure the same goes for whatever your industry your business fits into.

The biggest names in my circle of work tend to post very little at these communities, probably because they are crazy busy. I find the most active participants are either new or hobbyists.

Edit: Perhaps another way to reach out to other big names in your industry is to create "stuff" which can capture their attention. That might be writing code which they might try out or posting info to a weblog which they might read. That's a great way to get your name out there. Conferences are probably another good way.

So, I think you need to dig deeper than web communities.

Nice point. Thanks for the constructive post.
Hm.. seems like this is a void that could be filled if anyone is interested.