Gnod
Consumer and social
discovery recommendations
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
4 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Design: 0 for, 6 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for discovering new music and lesser-known bands
From 2 comments
I dunno how old this is but I feel like I've been using it to discover music since I was 15 or something? Years ago I discovered Camera obscura via Belle and Sebastian and…
neom on HNThe music discovery gave me some new bands that don't have a lot of listeners. Thanks! I'll be back for more.
luke3butler on HN
Cool, interesting idea
From 2 comments
In desktop Firefox (on Windows 10), the text on the map doesn't spread out, so you end up with a bunch of names written on top of each other. Checked it in Chrome and it seems…
kej on HNI like it. The initial UI is confusing, but also intriguing. The author reco it gave (David Liss) was good. If you have 3 people working on this, presumably you have an actual…
macavity23 on HN
Objections
Navigation is confusing, mystery meat style with no labels
From 4 comments
Your website is confusing.
brian_herman on HNThis is called mystery meat navigation and it's always, always a terrible idea.
tnone on HNI did. I must admit though that clicking 8 or something rays without having a single clue where they'll take me got old really really fast IMO. I'm no UX-er but I think this is…
reitanqild on HNClicked the center a couple of times, tried scrolling and went for the comments to see what this was about. Cba going back.
geoah on HN
Display breaks in Firefox on Windows, text overlaps
From 3 comments
In desktop Firefox (on Windows 10), the text on the map doesn't spread out, so you end up with a bunch of names written on top of each other. Checked it in Chrome and it seems…
kej on HNIt's at least the movie and literature maps, with Firefox 54.0.1 (32-bit) on Windows 10 (64-bit). I am on a Windows Insider Preview build (16241.1001), so that could be it. Still…
kej on HNThe console reports: Error in parsing value for ‘left’. Declaration dropped. Error in parsing value for ‘top’. Declaration dropped. A little debugging shows that a NaN is getting…
kej on HN
Front page unclear on mobile and iPhone
From 2 comments
Visited, could not discover any content or interactions on my iPhone. What's supposed to be happening? Edit: on second reload, I can now touch the different spikes to open…
jitl on HNMore specifically, in Firefox on Android it shows some kind of multi-colored star with no descriptions.
reitanqild on HN
Requests
Share more about the product and its plans
From 1 comment
I like it. The initial UI is confusing, but also intriguing. The author reco it gave (David Liss) was good. If you have 3 people working on this, presumably you have an actual…
macavity23 on HN
Questions
How was the site created
From 1 comment
Cool project. Can you share more on how you created the site?
dashboard on HN
What is supposed to happen on the page
From 1 comment
Visited, could not discover any content or interactions on my iPhone. What's supposed to be happening? Edit: on second reload, I can now touch the different spikes to open…
jitl on HN