crypto.study
Web and SaaS
news aggregator
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 16 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.56.
Execution: 0 for, 7 againstDesign: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 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
Objections
Design is ugly, too large, and low contrast gray on white
From 5 comments
Type is too large. Too much white, hard on the eyes. Logo looks like Comic Sans? That's a poor choice.
0x4f3759df on HNI can barely fit 3 posts at one time on my mobile screen as opposed to 10 HN posts. This is way too big.
johnnydoe9 on HNNice set of links so far. I hope this gets some traction. Gray on white isn't the easiest for my old eyes, though.
DennisP on HNUgly.
knocte on HNLooks a lot better but you probably need darker font... Font is gray on soft white background (soft white is a big improvement) but now you prob need black font.
0x4f3759df on HN
Site returns Bad Request 400 errors
From 4 comments
Bad Request: 400 gunicorn is not happy with you, apparently ;)
iamroot on HNgetting a "Bad Request: 400" error.
nxsynonym on HNStill not working.
perryprog on HNBroken
arthurcolle on HN
Domain name co-opts the term crypto
From 1 comment
Look, I understand this might become like the "hacker" debate, but can we please stop referring to blockchain and digital currencies with the term, "crypto"? We're coming to the…
dsacco on HN
Name and title sound like clickbait or duplicate HN front page
From 2 comments
i thought Hacker news _is_ the hacker news for cryptocurrency... lol. this is a news aggregator site, just like HN
sergers on HNTrue that. But now the title sounds like a clickbait :( (Had no intention of that)
abhutra on HN
Requests
Add RSS feed
From 1 comment
No RSS feed?
Volt on HN
Filter news by coin launches and exchange listings
From 1 comment
Is there a way to filter only news like, eg, when new coins get launched, when there are rumors about coins getting added to exchanges, when they actually got added? I'm…
danmaz74 on HN
Include more sources such as subreddits
From 1 comment
You might wanna include more sources for your aggregation, including subreddits.... Take a look at https://cryptopanic.com
elorm on HN
Allow registration without personal details
From 1 comment
Part of the appeal of Hacker News is that it doesn't require a "first name" and a "last name" and an email address during registration.
tom_mellior on HN
Questions
Why build this instead of a subreddit?
From 1 comment
why did you make this instead of a subreddit?
ringaroundthetx on HN
Were any submissions removed?
From 1 comment
Just curious, did you remove any submissions?
CryptoPunk on HN
Alternatives named
Reddit subreddits
From 1 comment
why did you make this instead of a subreddit?
ringaroundthetx on HN
CryptoPanic
From 1 comment
You might wanna include more sources for your aggregation, including subreddits.... Take a look at https://cryptopanic.com
elorm on HN
icoalert.com
From 1 comment
You are so correct. Even I face this problem a lot. I will try to see what I can do but unfortunately that is not possible right now. With so many ICOs coming in, getting the…
abhutra on HN