Link Drop

Productivity

bookmark reminders

SHOW HN2019

188points
55comments
#212of 2,195 in 2019
Top 10%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

10 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 1 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.

Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good way to resurface forgotten bookmarks

    From 2 comments
    • This is the best approach to bookmarking I've seen yet. I manage a multi-author blog, and I've tried lots of different ways to share story ideas with the authors. This provides…
      jaysonelliot on HN
    • Agreed. So many things languish in my bookmarks and RSS reader. I won’t find them unless I know exactly the right words for them to be suggested. I won’t find them even if I’m…
      ljm on HN
  • Simple and useful tool

    From 2 comments
    • I really like simple tools like these. I forget what I bookmark all the time and IMO the chrome bookmarks bar is hard to manage... Nice work & great idea! Small nitpick: The…
      jason_zig on HN
    • Nice work, I can see myself using this. I have some ideas in this field and while I don't execute on them this looks like a good option. :D Congratulations!
      pcardoso on HN

Objections

  • Newsletter emails may be annoying; prefers less notification

    From 1 comment
    • We at https://tefter.io are working on an alternative way to discover new content and organise bookmarks. We started off with a similar idea to linkdrop but then thought there's…
      zorbash on HN

Requests

  • Weekly digest option instead of daily

    From 1 comment
    • Cool idea! Do you think you could extend the intervals it sends out emails? I, for one, would really appreciate being able to have a weekly digest of links that I could check out…
      bracobama on HN
  • Firefox extension

    From 2 comments
  • Pocket integration

    From 1 comment
    • This would be cool if it linked with Pocket. I like to book mark articles for later viewing on desktop.
      itake on HN
  • Import from Chrome, Instapaper or Pocket

    From 1 comment
    • Cool. Would be great if this allowed import of Chrome/Instapaper/Pocket bookmarks, since I have massive backlogs there.
      dmazin on HN
  • Safari support

    From 1 comment
    • Saving for when Safari support is added. One idea for an integration would be with Pinboard. I use read later on pinboard, and would love to have those sent to me this way.
      CameronBanga on HN

Questions

  • Will a bookmarklet support multiple browsers?

    From 1 comment
    • This is a great idea! Any plans for a bookmarklet to get multi-browser support?
      jaden on HN

Alternatives named

  • Mailist

    From 2 comments
    • Really nice. I remember a previous show HN based on the same concept: https://mailist.app/
      eat_veggies on HN
    • Good job! Have you seen https://mailist.app before? Ot’s pretty the same:) I built it a year ago.
      marcinem on HN
  • Reread.io

    From 2 comments
    • reread.io sends some random unread articles from your pocket as a newsletter
      asdff on HN
    • reread.io is similar for pocket
      asdff on HN
  • Tefter

    From 1 comment
    • We at https://tefter.io are working on an alternative way to discover new content and organise bookmarks. We started off with a similar idea to linkdrop but then thought there's…
      zorbash on HN
  • Pinboard

    From 1 comment
    • Your product looks fairly similar in scope to Pinboard[0] – what would you say differentiates the two? 0: https://pinboard.in/
      fastball on HN

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