Hoodmaps
Consumer and social
neighborhood guide
SHOW HN2017
96points
24comments
#474of 2,242 in 2017
Top 22%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
7 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Design: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Funny, practical local cultural insights
From 2 comments
Cool project, especially all the funny comments ppl give => local cultural insights
flowen_nl on HNThis is like Urban Dictionary meets Google Maps. The results are both hilarious and practical. Great work here!
honestlee on HN
Impressive development process
From 1 comment
I have been followed the development process of hoodmaps on Twitter since the beginning. I must say impressive
thangngoc89 on HN
Objections
Areas are too broad and overlap across mixed neighborhoods
From 2 comments
It's somewhat currently useful with how broad it is, but would prefer even more specifics. Like in Chiang Mai where the street food is just to the east of the square wall area, I…
jjallen on HNThis is cool, but I feel areas overlap significantly. For example, I live on the cusp between a rich and a tourist area in London; in reality, the area used to be social housing,…
alexchamberlain on HN
Colour scheme unusable for colorblind users
From 1 comment
May want to reevaluate the color-scheme -- it's currently unusable for colorblind folks. Also it works great on a desktop browser, but was too laggy to use on mobile.
orpheansodality on HN
Laggy on mobile
From 1 comment
May want to reevaluate the color-scheme -- it's currently unusable for colorblind folks. Also it works great on a desktop browser, but was too laggy to use on mobile.
orpheansodality on HN
Requests
Narrower street-specific areas
From 2 comments
Cool idea, but please allow narrower (street-specific) areas. Often the tourist street is right next to a nice authentic street in the same area. The tags are good enough to warn…
alkonaut on HNIt's somewhat currently useful with how broad it is, but would prefer even more specifics. Like in Chiang Mai where the street food is just to the east of the square wall area, I…
jjallen on HN
Questions
How does it make money
From 1 comment
How are you conceptualizing "crowdsourced" such that the approach can be anything other than distributed? As I understand the term, that's something of a sine qua non. While…
throwanem on HN
What is the tech stack and hosting
From 1 comment
What's the tech stack used and where is it hosted? And what are the monetization plans?
cccxf on HN