RemoteTogether
Consumer and social
online community forum
SHOW HN2016
RemoteTogether
A support network for working remote – my idea to overcome cabin fever
hi.remotetogether.com#remote work#remote workers community#work from home support#remote forum
How HN took it
7 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Execution: 3 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished site and smooth signup experience.
From 1 comment
Gotta say - Well done. I'm a remote guy and have been for over 10 years (different companies) and being a part of a community targeted at "just remotes" is something I've wanted…
mdip on HN
A community for just remote workers is welcome.
From 2 comments
Gotta say - Well done. I'm a remote guy and have been for over 10 years (different companies) and being a part of a community targeted at "just remotes" is something I've wanted…
mdip on HNReally nice forum! It's quite difficult to find the remote community, there are a lot of forums with communities related to it (digital nomads, nomads, freelancers) but not for…
mjcsmf on HN
Logo praised.
From 1 comment
Great logo! Just signed up
bobbles on HN
Objections
Unclear what makes it different from existing forums like Reddit, nomadforum and nomadlist.
From 2 comments
You should write a little more why people should put there trust in your website. I mean, it's basically a forum, right? What should make me believe that you are cabable of…
erikb on HNSeems very similar to https://nomadforum.io/ Not all remote workers are nomadic, but all digital nomads work remotely.
scribu on HN
Signup and activation email problems, including spam filtering and a 502 error.
From 3 comments
your confirm email field isn't big enough for my email weird because your main one is.
sharemywin on HNGetting 502 Bad Gateway when trying to confirm account.
jmm7175 on HNActivation email for hi.remotetogether.com didn't come through.
voltagex_ on HN
Site lacked HTTPS while handling passwords.
From 1 comment
Because you are dealing with passwords, I'd really recommend forcing HTTPS, which unfortunately doesn't seem to be available at all. Other than that, I like it!
joshbackstein on HN
Requests
Use email as username.
From 1 comment
It would be nice to use my email as my username.
hhw3h on HN
Add a confirm email field to signup.
From 1 comment
I had the same problem before realizing it is actually a "username" field. Maybe add a "confirm email" textbox because most of us are probably used to having one on all website…
arsenide on HN
Force HTTPS.
From 1 comment
Because you are dealing with passwords, I'd really recommend forcing HTTPS, which unfortunately doesn't seem to be available at all. Other than that, I like it!
joshbackstein on HN
Questions
Is it a community or a startup?
From 1 comment
Is this a community/ support group or your startup? Noticed you are calling yourself 'founder'.
orthoganol on HN
Can the site be reached directly without going through HN?
From 1 comment
I love this idea. To come back to this page do I have to go through HN? I tried going directly to hi.remotetogether.com straight from a new tab and it does not work.…
arsenide on HN
Alternatives named
nomadforum.io
From 1 comment
Seems very similar to https://nomadforum.io/ Not all remote workers are nomadic, but all digital nomads work remotely.
scribu on HN
Nomad List (nomadlist.com)
From 1 comment
Yeah - very true. I would say if you're a digital nomad you should join https://join.nomadlist.com/. Looks like a great community and if I were a Digital Nomad I would join. But…
ob1gman on HN
r/digitalnomad subreddit
From 1 comment
Thank you for the honesty. I am always looking for support groups as a remote worker and occasional traveler, but to be honest myself, I believe there are too many opportunists/…
orthoganol on HN
Reddit, Stack Overflow and Hacker News
From 1 comment
You should write a little more why people should put there trust in your website. I mean, it's basically a forum, right? What should make me believe that you are cabable of…
erikb on HN