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SHOW HN2016
137points
74comments
#256of 2,264 in 2016
Top 12%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Idea: 3 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 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
Clean look and customizable styling
From 2 comments
This looks really nice. Thanks for not forcing us to stick to yellow/orange colors etc.
wkoszek on HNBy embed I meant to embed the content; I've heard from quite a few people that they love that they can personalize it with simple CSS. I am not sure if this is a problem from me…
franciscop on HN
Lighter than Disqus and avoids third-party scripts
From 2 comments
Oh, I've been waiting for something like this! This seems to work very well combined with static site generators like Jekyll and Hugo, because you don't need any kind of…
zubspace on HNI really like the idea and also how it looks, but the main reason I balk at using something like Disqus is that I hate having to pull in javascript from domains and servers I…
jszymborski on HN
Objections
Commenting on HN is limited to items under two weeks old
From 1 comment
One thing that struck me the other day was that HN disallows commenting on items older than 2 weeks. This pretty much rules out the use case for me. I have been on the receiving…
phunehehe0 on HN
Concern about harming HN community and context
From 3 comments
Can we not do this, please? One of the reasons that HN comment threads are still mostly worthwhile when other sites and comment services are swamp fires is the community that has…
kinofcain on HNNice although I am sceptical. I kind of enjoyed the current userbase. Not sure I'd like anything that pushes HN far and wide.
reitanqild on HN"... the awesome comments that happen here." Happen here. In context. In the community.
Terretta on HN
Requests
Support more networks such as Reddit and Designer News
From 2 comments
More networks coming soon so you can actually show the comments where the appropriate audience is. I spent the last couple of days improving this so adding a new source is easy,…
franciscop on HNSimilar to this, except this one has Reddit comments as well : https://embedd.io/
speps on HN
Open-source or self-hostable version
From 2 comments
One of the main points developing this was making it flexible on the back-end so adding new networks is a breeze. I am considering options for https://comments.network/ future,…
franciscop on HNI really like the idea and also how it looks, but the main reason I balk at using something like Disqus is that I hate having to pull in javascript from domains and servers I…
jszymborski on HN
Questions
Whether HN ToS allows submitting links automatically
From 1 comment
That is totally awesome, I didn't know you could submit it like that, many actions in HN are protected with custom/per session tokens. I wonder if it'd be violating HN's ToS…
franciscop on HN
How the custom element attribute design should work
From 2 comments
This looks good. Minor gripe: not sure if it's a good idea that the network be an attribute name instead of an attribute value; to this: ``` <comment-box hackernews="11850599"…
bambax on HN> on my end it wouldn't make any difference at all Sure, but attribute (or tag) names refer the the structure of the document whereas values refer to each special case;…
bambax on HN
Alternatives named
Disqus
From 2 comments
Oh, I've been waiting for something like this! This seems to work very well combined with static site generators like Jekyll and Hugo, because you don't need any kind of…
zubspace on HNLooks promising. There are plenty of issues with Disqus and running a full Discourse instance just for comments is probably overkill. This is my current low-tech solution on…
jsingleton on HN
embedd.io
From 1 comment
Similar to this, except this one has Reddit comments as well : https://embedd.io/
speps on HN
Hacker News sidebar Chrome extension
From 1 comment
Shameless plug: Chrome extension that shows HN comments for a visited page: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-sidebar%20%20/lhaapeacjhibkidjlohijakoflalfhdf…
tomaskafka on HN
hackernews.club
From 1 comment
shameless plug 2 (I saw another shameless plug)... I created hackernews.club https://hackernews.club Which shows posts and comments of any HN user. You can also create a HN…
sideproject on HN