Dead Yet?
Web and SaaS
startup status monitoring
SHOW HN2016
164points
89comments
#193of 2,264 in 2016
Top 9%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 18 critical, out of 45 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Idea: 4 for, 8 againstExecution: 0 for, 9 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Funny name and domain
From 2 comments
Wasn't there one of these that turned into a service that then failed itself some time ago? I don't keep track but I seem to remember it from the past two years. In any case,…
arenaninja on HNThis is the best use of the new .lol TLD I've seen yet.
nix0n on HN
Nostalgia for FuckedCompany
From 2 comments
Has none of the charm of FuckedCompany. That was a great web site and really captured the mood back then. Thanks https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pud
jgrahamc on HNI sure do miss FuckedCompany
cmrdporcupine on HN
Objections
Negative, presumptuous tone with no constructive feedback
From 3 comments
Interesting idea. However, I'm not a fan of the overwhelmingly negative vibe this gives off. By this I mean there seems to be no effort made about any kind of constructive…
sarreph on HNWho is asking "Is that company dead yet? It should've never been created in the first place." If you want to check a company's status, just go to the website. This seems like a…
colevscode on HNThis seems to be transforming into a link spam source awfully quickly. Too bad, because it has a certain kind of appeal.
quinndupont on HN
Inaccurate data and false positives from bad URLs
From 4 comments
Some living startups are listed dead (Pinboard, bad URL), but some dead startups are listed alive as well. For instance, L'Usine à Design is dead since 2013. They were a French…
catwell on HNEasy to spoof. Pinboard is listed as dead, though the healthcheck url on their site is Pinboard.im, not Pinboard.in
chejazi on HNDid CoTap really die? This site says yes, but their site is up, their app is available in the App Store and their Twitter account is still active..walking dead or not dead yet?
crgt on HNI think the URL is not right. I noticed the same thing.
sb8244 on HN
Requests
Let users comment or give feedback on listed startups
From 2 comments
No way to discuss the starts in question? I'd love a comment board under each name. I tried one or two; their websites were awful. Virtually unusable. Feedback might help them.
JoeAltmaier on HN'is it down for everybody or just me?' is a neutrally-framed status reporter. The 'vibes' I speak of are the way in which 'Dead Yet?' is, fundamentally by its name, presumptuous…
sarreph on HN
Email alerts when a company dies
From 1 comment
Would be great if you can sign up for email alerts when a company dies
Immortalin on HN
Questions
How often are sites checked for status
From 1 comment
If it's a list of startups, not sure why any of the big companies (i.e. Apple, Microsoft etc) are on there. Also, I'm curious about what the refresh rate is to check HTTP status.…
an4rchy on HN
Alternatives named
FuckedCompany
From 2 comments
Has none of the charm of FuckedCompany. That was a great web site and really captured the mood back then. Thanks https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pud
jgrahamc on HNpretty negative, reminds me of fuckedcompany.com back in about 2000 - that made it into a game, you could bet on which dotcom bubble companies were going to fail.
pauly on HN
Deathwatch bot
From 1 comment
This Twitter bot (Deathwatch) kind of has the right idea, nice way to pseudo-automate the process at least. The downside though is that it can throw a lot of false positives,…
dmschulman on HN
Autopsy.io
From 1 comment
I liked this one: http://autopsy.io/ And this: http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/startup-failure-post-mortem/ Personally I'd like to see a post mortem for companies that collapsed.…
aaronwidd on HN