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SHOW HN2011

73points
28comments
#165of 1,097 in 2011
Top 16%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

11 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.

Idea: 7 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 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

What people liked

  • Good idea and nice look

    From 4 comments
    • Great job. Could you perhaps add a feature where people could vote for a particular idea? This could help those fishing for ideas get a feel of which are the ones which have a…
      kschua on HN
    • this is an excellent idea!
      HardyLeung on HN
    • Very cool idea
      MikeMakesIt on HN
    • This is great! Good job!
      leeHS on HN
  • Entertaining tweets

    From 2 comments
    • Cool idea! If nothing else, some of the posts will make you laugh: "someone should make a site called wetpussies.org and upload nothing but videos/pictures of people giving their…
      tourbillonfunk on HN
    • I love this. They seem to fall into a few categories: Silly and impossible, "I want a website to take my boredom away," and the mildly disturbing. Oh, and some not horrible…
      devtesla on HN

Objections

  • Name reads as a rude word in English

    From 3 comments
    • I read this as "twat spire" in en-GB: twat is a word somewhere between "pussy" and "cunt" in British English. Just FWIW. I guess you're not British?
      pbhjpbhj on HN
    • It's like that in en-US too. I also read it as "twat spire" :)
      memoryfault on HN
    • Me too. I don't know if that means I have a dirty mind, or if I try to guess missing vowels in alphabetical order.
      tzs on HN
  • Next and previous links are hard to see

    From 1 comment
    • Great job! This could definitely be useful to find something people already want, especially if you could keep a tally of the most wished for ideas. What did you develop it in? I…
      seancron on HN
  • Like button rendering glitch

    From 1 comment
    • Good idea + looks great. I found a slight glitch and couldn't find a better way to contact you so here goes: When I clicked like it went from a nice looking FB Like button to…
      joefarish on HN

Requests

  • Voting on ideas

    From 2 comments
    • Great job. Could you perhaps add a feature where people could vote for a particular idea? This could help those fishing for ideas get a feel of which are the ones which have a…
      kschua on HN
    • Feature idea: Add a "This is a good idea" button so users can vote up uncommon and plausible ones.
      mortenjorck on HN
  • Track most-wished-for ideas

    From 2 comments
    • Great job! This could definitely be useful to find something people already want, especially if you could keep a tally of the most wished for ideas. What did you develop it in? I…
      seancron on HN
    • Something I'd be very interested to see are the ideas that multiple people are asking for. And then the next thing I would want is a fast way to throw up an ad for the app in…
      drewp on HN
  • Link back when ideas get built

    From 1 comment
    • What about a way to loop back, so when you make that sweet iOS app, @brenda25056 can know about it?
      AlexMcP on HN

Questions

  • What language and framework was used

    From 2 comments
    • Nice project. What language did you use? Python, Php, Ruby? and what framework? I'm just curious :)
      plainOldText on HN
    • Great job! This could definitely be useful to find something people already want, especially if you could keep a tally of the most wished for ideas. What did you develop it in? I…
      seancron on HN

Alternatives named

  • Twistori

    From 1 comment
  • Twiteye

    From 1 comment
    • See also: http://twiteye.com/ That one is more scrolly, and searches for a bit more than just 'app' ideas.
      drewp on HN

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