Tech.pro is a niche social network for people in Tech, with a focus on content discovery and sharing. It's designed with blogging in mind, while also allowing users to share links, images, Q&A, micro-posts, etc.
Our main feed (the home page) is driven by a combination of the people you follow (your network) as well as the tags you follow (your interests). We've been working hard to make the platform work well for the broad range of interests that someone in the tech industry might have.
Inspiration for the site has come from many sites and communities that exist today including HN, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, etc. but take unique aspects of each to make the best possible experience.
I'm eager to get any sort of feedback from the HN crowd. AMA
Some additional links:
- Register + Video: https://tech.pro/register
- Feed: http://tech.pro/
- Privacy Policy: http://tech.pro/privacy
- Blogging: http://tech.pro/blog/6173/getting-started-blogging-techpro
Signup should be simple, you want people using your site as fast as possible.
don't allow > don't allow > don't allow > allow > ALLOW!
For me at least it looped forever. I had to force quit Safari.
I will take another look at the signup process. While I want it to be quick, the onboarding process is important for people to customize their experience and find who they know, etc. Definitely needs to be quick and easy though.
But some of the hyper-detailed profile options may be better to ask people to add to their profile post-registration, so you can get people into your site as quickly as possible.