Impostor Roster
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How HN took it
8 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 5 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 4 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
Refreshingly candid and uplifting
From 2 comments
This is really refreshingly candid, and frankly uplifting. Thank you for your efforts. So much better than the "failure resume" that was a thing a few years ago, which often…
hkmurakami on HNThis site was frighteningly reassuring. Thank you. I hope this becomes the new FML/TFLN
allhailkatt on HN
Fun, funny entries
From 2 comments
This is a serious issue and I'm really glad someone's making an attempt to make people realise it's not uncommon. I am slightly ashamed to admit however that I completely lost it…
smcl on HN"Someone in the Strawberry field for 10 months still can't forever." I love this. Thank you whoever sent that in
dejawu on HN
Objections
Trolls and spam flooded the site after HN traffic
From 2 comments
Looks like the trolls have arrived: > Someone in the Presidency Of The United States Of America field for 12 months still can't tell you what the emoluments clause is . I mean,…
craftyguy on HNToo bad the site just reduced to jokes and spam after it was posted on HN.
tw1010 on HN
Input restrictions block hyphens and special characters
From 2 comments
You should allow hyphens and dashes in the inability field. There are words that I would like to hyphenate but which I can't.
jschwartzi on HNYou need to allow special characters in the inability field. My field was "Python" and my entry was "I still can't remember the argument order for json.dump()", but it gave the…
KerrickStaley on HN
Requests
Allow special characters and hyphens in the inability field
From 2 comments
You should allow hyphens and dashes in the inability field. There are words that I would like to hyphenate but which I can't.
jschwartzi on HNYou need to allow special characters in the inability field. My field was "Python" and my entry was "I still can't remember the argument order for json.dump()", but it gave the…
KerrickStaley on HN
Add comments and voting
From 2 comments
Perhaps you can add a comments section below every post (?)
amelius on HNYou should make a " you are not alone" voting button instead of comments
bob_theslob646 on HN
Add a humor tag to filter jokes
From 1 comment
Maybe add a [humor] tag
om42 on HN
Questions
Is impostor syndrome distinct from self-esteem problems?
From 1 comment
Does the definition of imposter syndrome include the awareness that one should feel better about one's accomplishments? It seems ironic to self-diagnose imposter syndrome because…
zamalek on HN
Alternatives named
Dunning-Kruger effect
From 2 comments
We need a Dunning-Kruger roster, but I'm not sure how people would realize they belong on it.
bonniemuffin on HNWhere is the Dunning-Kruger registry? Cause I know exactly what that should look like.
kasey_junk on HN
Failure resume
From 1 comment
This is really refreshingly candid, and frankly uplifting. Thank you for your efforts. So much better than the "failure resume" that was a thing a few years ago, which often…
hkmurakami on HN
FML/TFLN
From 1 comment
This site was frighteningly reassuring. Thank you. I hope this becomes the new FML/TFLN
allhailkatt on HN