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SHOW HN2016
111points
36comments
#327of 2,264 in 2016
Top 15%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
3 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 6 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful concept and clean daily/weekly/monthly views
From 2 comments
Great concept. But ditch the hideous background. It may be just me, in which case ignore this, but I would expect more people to be put off by it.
ramblerman on HNGood job. Btw, there is a similar project here: http://reader.one/ (lol, just got a downvote)
andersonmvd on HN
Requests for RSS feeds and newsletter
From 3 comments
Awesome! You should really create a daily/weekly/monthly newsletter and rss feeds, I think it would be really valuable. How did you compile the top medium posts? Do they have an…
rayalez on HN+1 for RSS feeds. I would definitely subscribe to weekly feeds for HN and Medium at the least.
anotherevan on HNYou know what would be cool, if you can have an email list going and send these out on the daily basis to your users.
ruler88 on HN
Objections
Background colour is distracting and hard on the eyes
From 3 comments
The thing I'm always missing on Reddit and HN is a sliding scale to tweak the time dropoff factor. For example I've been busy and check Reddit for the first time in four days.…
lucb1e on HNGreat concept. But ditch the hideous background. It may be just me, in which case ignore this, but I would expect more people to be put off by it.
ramblerman on HNGreat service! Good work but What is that backgound? HUrts my eyes in kind of funny way
saq on HN
Headline-blocks layout feels dated
From 1 comment
I don't like having blocks of headlines all over the screen. It kind of reminds me of a web portal from the 90s. I think something like http://reader.one/ (mentioned by another…
jwebb99 on HN
Only covers a limited time range; no history before April 2016
From 1 comment
Sadly it doesn't seem to go back further than April 2016 :(
Eclyps on HN
Requests
Finer time granularity or sliding time scale
From 3 comments
The thing I'm always missing on Reddit and HN is a sliding scale to tweak the time dropoff factor. For example I've been busy and check Reddit for the first time in four days.…
lucb1e on HNBut why not make it a sliding scale, where you can pick the past 17.3 minutes if you wish to do so?
lucb1e on HNStill... I'm unhappy with the current selection of offerings. Reddit lets you see the top posts from the past: hour, day, week, month, year, all time. Going from one month to a…
milcron on HN
RSS feeds and email newsletter
From 2 comments
Awesome! You should really create a daily/weekly/monthly newsletter and rss feeds, I think it would be really valuable. How did you compile the top medium posts? Do they have an…
rayalez on HNYou know what would be cool, if you can have an email list going and send these out on the daily basis to your users.
ruler88 on HN
Fix HTML entity decoding
From 1 comment
Really like the site. But you need to work on html entity decoding :)
vassilevsky on HN
Questions
How were Medium top posts compiled and is there an API
From 1 comment
Awesome! You should really create a daily/weekly/monthly newsletter and rss feeds, I think it would be really valuable. How did you compile the top medium posts? Do they have an…
rayalez on HN
Is there a daily, weekly or monthly view on similar sites
From 1 comment
Well, that Reader One (One Reader?) only seems to show the current top N posts of a couple of popular sites (Hacker News, Product Hunt, Reddit, Slashdot, Designer News,…
jschulenklopper on HN
Alternatives named
reader.one
From 2 comments
Good job. Btw, there is a similar project here: http://reader.one/ (lol, just got a downvote)
andersonmvd on HNI don't like having blocks of headlines all over the screen. It kind of reminds me of a web portal from the 90s. I think something like http://reader.one/ (mentioned by another…
jwebb99 on HN
Colin Percival's HN daily
From 1 comment
It's only for Hacker News, but Colin Parcival daily posts the top 10 HN posts on http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/. It lacks your feature to show the top posts on a weekly or…
jschulenklopper on HN
hckrnews.com
From 1 comment
It's only for Hacker News, but Colin Parcival daily posts the top 10 HN posts on http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/. It lacks your feature to show the top posts on a weekly or…
jschulenklopper on HN
Panda
From 1 comment
i have not found anything more powerful than panda for this kind of thing, its the perfect mix of customization and preconfiguration. http://usepanda.com/app/
basch on HN