Stumbled

Consumer and social

website discovery

SHOW HN2021

52points
10comments
#833of 2,533 in 2021
Top 33%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Design: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 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

  • Nostalgia for StumbleUpon and welcome return of it

    From 2 comments
    • I love this. We got so much traffic from StumbleUpon back then - good times. "Unfortunately, we can't display this site directly, but it's worth to check out!" Please add an…
      andrefuchs on HN
    • A return of stumbleupon! THANK YOU!!!
      imagineerschool on HN

Objections

  • Some sites cannot be displayed in the frame, showing a fallback message

    From 2 comments
    • I love this. We got so much traffic from StumbleUpon back then - good times. "Unfortunately, we can't display this site directly, but it's worth to check out!" Please add an…
      andrefuchs on HN
    • "Firefox Can’t Open This Page To protect your security, [domain name] will not allow Firefox to display the page if another site has embedded it. To see this page, you need to…
      kentbrew on HN
  • Articles appear too often, unlike the site-discovery focus expected

    From 1 comment
    • It would be cool if there was some way to filter out articles. I had the impression that this was someway to find new sites/widgets/communities, not another article from some…
      denispal on HN

Requests

  • Add option to hide non-displayable sites

    From 2 comments
    • I love this. We got so much traffic from StumbleUpon back then - good times. "Unfortunately, we can't display this site directly, but it's worth to check out!" Please add an…
      andrefuchs on HN
    • Came here to say this. Seconded!
      imagineerschool on HN
  • Add filter to exclude articles

    From 1 comment
    • It would be cool if there was some way to filter out articles. I had the impression that this was someway to find new sites/widgets/communities, not another article from some…
      denispal on HN

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