comntr
Web and SaaS
web commenting extension
SHOW HN2019
227points
235comments
#163of 2,195 in 2019
Top 8%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
9 positive, 46 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 29 critical, out of 86 comments about the project. Thread score -0.22.
Idea: 6 for, 18 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 6 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting, fun idea revisiting older web annotation concepts
From 3 comments
I love this idea, was thinking about how nice something like this would be myself. Sad it'll get no chance because of people going "muh nazis", even though it will work with any…
siphon22 on HNThis sounds pretty cool
getcrunk on HNI've built the same on chrome not so long ago. Mine is probably uglier than yours. I support you because the comment blocking hysteria these days is getting a bit too much. Let…
jothezero on HN
Objections
Moderation and spam are unsolved
From 3 comments
What anti-spam capability does this have? What's to stop someone from just flooding the DB for the top Alexa sites with junk?
pjc50 on HNHow do you keep all the toxic and evil comments out? How do you give website owners a way to opt out?
deca6cda37d0 on HNThis could be a great alternative to reviews on e.g. Amazon. But, I guess first a number of problems should be solved w.r.t. moderation, trust, spam, ...
amelius on HN
Privacy and security concerns with extension access and iframes
From 3 comments
I like the idea. Third voice was fun for a while. Are the iframes opt-in per domain? If not, how do you deal with leaking internal DNS names (referers) from within companies and…
LinuxBender on HNSo it effectively runs arbitrary javascript in the current page? I mean, if I run it on my online banking page, it'll have access to everything. The extension isn't ideal either…
comntr on HNA bookmarklet would be better. It could achieve the same functionality without the security issues of an extension.
founderling on HN
Needs a network effect; useless without wide adoption
From 1 comment
The only way this can be useful is if everybody has it. Not having it available on Chrome is not a great start.
laurent123456 on HN
Requests
Chrome version
From 2 comments
The only way this can be useful is if everybody has it. Not having it available on Chrome is not a great start.
laurent123456 on HNI've built the same on chrome not so long ago. Mine is probably uglier than yours. I support you because the comment blocking hysteria these days is getting a bit too much. Let…
jothezero on HN
Screenshot in docs
From 1 comment
This would be so much better with a screenshot how it actually looks like.
wishrider on HN
Questions
How is spam and abuse handled?
From 2 comments
What anti-spam capability does this have? What's to stop someone from just flooding the DB for the top Alexa sites with junk?
pjc50 on HNHow do you keep all the toxic and evil comments out? How do you give website owners a way to opt out?
deca6cda37d0 on HN
How does this differ from Dissenter and hypothes.is?
From 2 comments
This sounds similar to the (in)famous Dissenter comment functionality. What are the differences?
phoe-krk on HNThis is very similar to hypothes.is, apart from the hashing: https://web.hypothes.is/
afandian on HN
Alternatives named
Dissenter
From 3 comments
This sounds similar to the (in)famous Dissenter comment functionality. What are the differences?
phoe-krk on HNThis reminds me of Dissenter[0]. I could've sworn there was a similar extension. [0]: https://dissenter.com/download
catacombs on HNI recommend people checkout Dissenter [1] if they are interested in this, it has quite the user base already (almost a million users late 2018 [2]). Some of the discussions had…
bArray on HN
Hypothes.is
From 1 comment
This is very similar to hypothes.is, apart from the hashing: https://web.hypothes.is/
afandian on HN
Google Sidewiki
From 1 comment
Google has tried this once and it failed to gain traction: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Sidewiki
sanqui on HN
Third Voice
From 1 comment
Wow... I feel old, remembering 'third voice'. Maybe even older, because no one else mentioned it... ? https://www.wired.com/1999/05/readers-speak-with-third-voice/
mgkimsal on HN