Remarkbox
Web and SaaS
hosted comment service
SHOW HN2021
233points
44comments
#177of 2,533 in 2021
Top 7%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
7 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Execution: 2 for, 3 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Privacy-friendly, no ads or tracking
From 2 comments
This is a really nice piece of software :) It got so easy to build a dynamic, privacy-friendly, kiss website nowadays.
marsknight on HNThank you for posting this. The project looks promising. You do you. Godspeed.
vishnumohandas on HN
Data export to JSON and comment archives reassure users
From 2 comments
Thank you for the follow-up. This + your other comment showing that there is an export to JSON option make me feel a lot better. I will set it up this weekend and see how it goes.
TrishaK on HN> Fallback plan is open sourcing the codebase. I think the main concern for would-be user websites is not the code, but what happens to all of the comments if you shut down.…
codetrotter on HN
Objections
No spam protection
From 2 comments
I really like the idea and the implementation looks nice! But not having any type of spam protection is a deal breaker for me. Even if links are set to nofollow, it's still a big…
asar on HNThis is trivial for most bots to bypass nowadays with headless browsers and such.
deanclatworthy on HN
Sustainability if donations do not cover costs
From 1 comment
How long will you be able to sustain this? I have a fairly small site that has virtually no traffic, so I would love to use this but what happens if you end up with a large…
TrishaK on HN
Comments lost if service shuts down
From 1 comment
But when Remarkbox disappears, so do your comments? Is there no self-hosting version possible?
rexreed on HN
Trust concerns unless open source
From 1 comment
Sorry but I don't trust this product anymore than Disqus when it comes to privacy etc unless it's open source.
suyash on HN
Requests
Akismet or other spam filter integration
From 1 comment
Thanks for the feedback. I'll add Akismet integration to the backlog for people with the same objection. Allowing people to pass an API key to their Namespace shouldn't be too…
foxhop on HN
Self-hosting option
From 1 comment
But when Remarkbox disappears, so do your comments? Is there no self-hosting version possible?
rexreed on HN
Canonical URL support
From 2 comments
Does it auto-identify the page by URL, or can I specify an ID of some sort in the "code snippet" vaguely mentioned? I do have canonical URLs for all pages [1] but some pages have…
hypertele-Xii on HNYeah, if you click setup and follow the prompts, the service will give you a snippet of HTML, drop that into your pages and it should work. If you want to see the snippet, view…
foxhop on HN
Questions
How the service will sustain itself
From 1 comment
How long will you be able to sustain this? I have a fairly small site that has virtually no traffic, so I would love to use this but what happens if you end up with a large…
TrishaK on HN
How to pay for the service
From 1 comment
Hi! Sorry if I'm missing something. I do not understand how to pay you? Clicked around the site for a bit and couldn't find some self evident thing I can do to send you any given…
f-word on HN
Alternatives named
Disqus
From 1 comment
Unfortunately I remember Disqus as doing the exact same thing when they came out of the gate. “It’s awesome: you can now have effortless comments on static sites!” It got…
joshspankit on HN
Commento
From 1 comment
How does it compare to commento.io ?
marcobehler on HN
Remark42
From 1 comment
I would also recommend to take a look at https://remark42.com if you are looking for adsfree and self hosted comments
dpfg on HN
Utterances
From 1 comment
I've been using utterances (github issue tracker powered comments) on my website. Seems better than Disqus (lighter, less tracking) but it requires a github account.
clircle on HN
Commentbox
From 1 comment
I’m currently using https://commentbox.io for my static sites, I’ll have to try yours out!
matthewpick on HN