SpaceHey
Web and SaaS
social network
SHOW HN2020
726points
290comments
#15of 3,028 in 2020
Top 1%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
39 positive, 49 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 10 critical, out of 102 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.
Design: 9 for, 2 againstIdea: 9 for, 2 againstPerformance: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Very fast loading and clean, no bloat.
From 3 comments
I'm absolutely blown away by the speed of this website. Facebook and Twitter are a bloated heavy mess in comparison. I just registered for an account and I'm getting super…
mrzool on HNWebsite looks very very good and loads very fast imo. Just usable without fancy bells. I like this design.
varbhat on HNGreat work! I wish we were in an alternate reality where websites were still blazing fast and KISS. Just like Wikipedia and Craigslist.
arnaudsm on HN
Strong nostalgia effect.
From 3 comments
Playing around with it made me realize just how much I miss those good old derpy days, and how many great times I had on myspace and then mostly forgot about. It made me a bit…
cutitout on HNWhen I saw the title, I assumed I would just like it for the heck of taking a look into the past. But in reality the nostalgia hit very effectively, I really started remembering…
pell on HNI've been beta testing SpaceHey since I saw An was letting some people in and I must say the nostalgia is strong. Love this site so much!
joshmanders on HN
Objections
Sign-up was blocked by bot-registration load and rate limits.
From 2 comments
Aaand here is why we can't have nice things: > Someone is currently trying to register hundreds of accounts with fake email addresses per second. I'm trying to prevent that so in…
dt3ft on HN> Error! You can only send one friend-request every two minutes. Please wait a minute and try again. This is going to slow down adoption.
huntermeyer on HN
Copyright concern over MySpace branding and the iTunes music feature.
From 3 comments
How is this not copyright infringement?
xwdv on HNHaha, I love the logo. Just a peg person saying “hey”. This takes me back for sure. I would ditch the footer disclaimer though unless you really are trying to recreate MySpace in…
gabereiser on HNTotally loving this. Did you reverse engineer the layouts from screenshots? Please tell me somewhere there is a snippet of original HTML snarfed from archive.org :) Finally…
landerwust on HN
Requests
Add a working music feature for indie bands.
From 2 comments
Totally loving this. Did you reverse engineer the layouts from screenshots? Please tell me somewhere there is a snippet of original HTML snarfed from archive.org :) Finally…
landerwust on HNI really hope this takes off. MySpace was the Geocities for the next generation. Express yourself, join a community, find new cool stuff. Facebook was the death of creativity…
peterwwillis on HN
Add groups and messaging.
From 2 comments
Groups are still in progress. Those were the best part.
Minor49er on HNHi! I registered and tried to message you, but that feature is still being implemented :-) Curious to see the progression from here on, great job!
hans1729 on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 1 comment
Nice!! is this open source
T3RMINATED on HN
Will it stay online and how will it be funded?
From 2 comments
Will this actually stay online? I will unironically use this.
artursapek on HNNeat! I’d sign up if there was an option to throw a few bucks your way and have absolutely guaranteed zero tracking, ads, or sharing/use of my data for anything other than what’s…
barnabee on HN
Alternatives named
Original MySpace
From 1 comment
Totally loving this. Did you reverse engineer the layouts from screenshots? Please tell me somewhere there is a snippet of original HTML snarfed from archive.org :) Finally…
landerwust on HN
Facebook and Twitter
From 1 comment
I'm absolutely blown away by the speed of this website. Facebook and Twitter are a bloated heavy mess in comparison. I just registered for an account and I'm getting super…
mrzool on HN
Windows93 MySpace rebuild
From 1 comment
This is nice! And reminds me of this other very cool MySpace rebuild by artist/hacker Jankenpopp: https://myspace.windows93.net/
crousto on HN