Pageturner

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SHOW HN2021

82points
40comments
#623of 2,533 in 2021
Top 25%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

6 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 4 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.

Idea: 4 for, 2 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

  • Idea is interesting and elegant

    From 3 comments
    • Very nice and elegant idea. I run a book-discovery extension full of bibliophiles who might really like this...would be interested to hear what you have in mind for developing…
      moksha256 on HN
    • Cool idea! I've seen some people on WIP use it for building a reading habit, but a community focused on it makes a lot of sense. Would be interesting to see more excerpts and…
      marckohlbrugge on HN
    • This immediately caught my attention. I wouldn't say I'm a book lover (at this very moment). Rather, I used to be a veracious book reader, but then life, social media and the…
      technotarek on HN

Objections

  • Gamification of reading may be counterproductive

    From 2 comments
    • Not sure how I feel about the gamification of reading. At the low end, you’re probably better off not reading at all if the alternative is, say, anything by Tom Clancy or Jason…
      IfOnlyYouKnew on HN
    • I think I’d turn it around and instead say: “does everything have to be incentivised”? I mean, I’m all for being encouraged, but there’s a fine line between incentives and…
      dmje on HN
  • Login and errors on load reported

    From 3 comments
    • As someone that avidly uses goodreads (but wishes there was a non-Amazon option instead) this is really interesting. After signing up and using it for a bit, here are some…
      ab-dm on HN
    • Cool idea there are several UnCaught Promise error (I think related to auth function). Hope it helps ``` Error: Request failed with status code 403 at…
      lt_snuffles on HN
    • Looks really cool. Looks like I'm now hitting an unexpected error when trying to load the page
      episode0x01 on HN
  • Feed skews to business books; hard to find fiction

    From 1 comment
    • This immediately caught my attention. I wouldn't say I'm a book lover (at this very moment). Rather, I used to be a veracious book reader, but then life, social media and the…
      technotarek on HN

Requests

  • Filter feed by genre and followed people

    From 2 comments
    • This immediately caught my attention. I wouldn't say I'm a book lover (at this very moment). Rather, I used to be a veracious book reader, but then life, social media and the…
      technotarek on HN
    • I love your idea, and this is something I can see myself using (and very well might!). What would really be the killer feature for me would be something that would let me view a…
      x86ARMsRace on HN
  • Progress tracking instead of pages

    From 1 comment
    • As someone that avidly uses goodreads (but wishes there was a non-Amazon option instead) this is really interesting. After signing up and using it for a bit, here are some…
      ab-dm on HN
  • Goodreads integration

    From 1 comment
    • As someone that avidly uses goodreads (but wishes there was a non-Amazon option instead) this is really interesting. After signing up and using it for a bit, here are some…
      ab-dm on HN

Questions

  • Does the streak require reading a book a week?

    From 1 comment
    • > Streak: You add points to your streak every time you post. Read and post at least once a week to continue your streak. does this imply that the expectation is that you read a…
      ppezaris on HN
  • Can users export data and is the service durable?

    From 1 comment
    • I better track my reading and save quotes somewhere locally or on the platform I know still be around in a month or in ten years. Otherwise good try to crowdsource generate…
      diimdeep on HN

Alternatives named

  • Goodreads

    From 2 comments
    • I'm curious if you've tried Goodreads? It has both personalized recommendations and tons of lists, as well as social aspects that you can choose to use or ignore. Not exactly the…
      vlunkr on HN
    • I haven't, but will likely give it a try when I get back on the reading (books) horse. I wish it weren't owned by Amazon. de-FAANGing is too hard!
      technotarek on HN
  • The StoryGraph

    From 1 comment
    • Check out The StoryGraph (https://app.thestorygraph.com/)! Is not Amazon-owned, and while it's not built to be a Goodreads replacement per se, it's been super helpful for…
      aninuth on HN
  • Makerlog and WIP

    From 1 comment
    • Thank you :) WIP and Makerlog were my inspiration, I noticed how effective streaks and logging were for building in public, so I wanted to build a reading community around it.
      bcye on HN

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