Eventil
Consumer and social
event listings
SHOW HN2017
16points
8comments
#1,367of 2,242 in 2017
Top 61%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good alternative to Lanyrd, which has stagnated.
From 2 comments
Could be a great alternative to Lanyrd. I feel like Lanyrd abandoned and there are a lot of spammy content now. @zaiste I created https://techevents.co/ - an aggregator for tech…
MartyAghajanyan on HNThat's great. Looks like a good alternative to http://lanyrd.com/ Lanyrd got acquired by eventbrite and is stagnating. Last week the site was down for a half a day.
mtmail on HN
Finding good tech talks amid the noise is a real pain point.
From 1 comment
I can verify that finding good tech talks amongst all the noise is a pain point! Question is, if you can actually solve it :)
fictionfuture on HN
Objections
Unclear what users get before giving contact info.
From 1 comment
I don't see enough signaling that I'll get anything of value for clicking on your "pill button" and giving my contact info. I more than half-expect to get spammed frequently…
PaulHoule on HN
City list is unsorted and duplicate city spellings are not merged.
From 1 comment
So, looking at the list of cities, it’s hard to find anything since they are not sorted. Also, they don’t seem to recognize that Montreal is the same as Montrèal. Or Brussels is…
bradknowles on HN
Requests
A public API for event data.
From 2 comments
Could be a great alternative to Lanyrd. I feel like Lanyrd abandoned and there are a lot of spammy content now. @zaiste I created https://techevents.co/ - an aggregator for tech…
MartyAghajanyan on HNYes, I totally agree. TechEvents looks great. An API for reading the data from Eventil you mean?
zaiste on HN
Questions
Will there be a public API?
From 1 comment
Could be a great alternative to Lanyrd. I feel like Lanyrd abandoned and there are a lot of spammy content now. @zaiste I created https://techevents.co/ - an aggregator for tech…
MartyAghajanyan on HN
Alternatives named
Lanyrd
From 2 comments
Could be a great alternative to Lanyrd. I feel like Lanyrd abandoned and there are a lot of spammy content now. @zaiste I created https://techevents.co/ - an aggregator for tech…
MartyAghajanyan on HNThat's great. Looks like a good alternative to http://lanyrd.com/ Lanyrd got acquired by eventbrite and is stagnating. Last week the site was down for a half a day.
mtmail on HN
TechEvents
From 1 comment
Could be a great alternative to Lanyrd. I feel like Lanyrd abandoned and there are a lot of spammy content now. @zaiste I created https://techevents.co/ - an aggregator for tech…
MartyAghajanyan on HN