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SHOW HN2021
406points
181comments
#72of 2,533 in 2021
Top 3%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
11 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 10 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Idea: 6 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 6 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Helpful for rediscovering old and niche subreddits.
From 2 comments
Nice, just found a bunch of my old favorite subreddits I totally forgot about since switching from the Reddit mobile app to Apollo. Thanks!
CallMeMarc on HNThis is really cool ! This solves a genuinely problem. I remember being stuck at reddit search for long hours while trying to find the perfect subreddit for posting some content.…
gj0 on HN
Objections
Lists are dominated by broad, popular subreddits rather than niches.
From 2 comments
Maybe my definition of a "niche" subreddit is different, but these just look like broad, generally popular categories. Like click Sports and Games and the top on is... /r/sports?…
nkrisc on HNIf I'm trying to find a subreddit for my niche, I will instantly find it by searching for [niche topic] + "subreddit" on a search engine. This on the other hand is useful for…
sturmeh on HN
Missing some subreddits and data may be outdated.
From 2 comments
where are you pulling this data from? It seems to be missing two of my subreddits like (/r/wellthatsucks & /r/unraid).
chaos_a on HNThis is cool! Would be nice to have a "last post" date or number of recent posts. A few I clicked on are dormant. (Also very minor, but looks like https://www.reddit.com/r/figma/…
uxamanda on HN
Cannot search by keyword; tags seem limited.
From 2 comments
I can’t search by keyword. It seems the niche I’m interested in is too niche for the tagging system.. which makes me wonder how the available tags were determined?
bottled_poe on HNGreat! Reddit search sucks. site:reddit.com ftw. Will you be adding a search feature? Even just a simple auto-complete with all the tags you have would be great!
anotha1 on HN
Requests
Show activity, subscriber count or last post date.
From 2 comments
I love how you laid this out. It's very nicely done. I think if there was also a way to show and filter by comment activity/frequency/subscribers too (or some other creative…
WORMS_EAT_WORMS on HNThis is cool! Would be nice to have a "last post" date or number of recent posts. A few I clicked on are dormant. (Also very minor, but looks like https://www.reddit.com/r/figma/…
uxamanda on HN
Add keyword search and tag clearing.
From 2 comments
Great! Reddit search sucks. site:reddit.com ftw. Will you be adding a search feature? Even just a simple auto-complete with all the tags you have would be great!
anotha1 on HNvery nice, it would be good if I could clear the tag without going down to the categories list
kobe_bryant on HN
Questions
Where does the data and tagging come from?
From 2 comments
where are you pulling this data from? It seems to be missing two of my subreddits like (/r/wellthatsucks & /r/unraid).
chaos_a on HNr/WikiLeaks is "Alt right"? Who does the tagging?
atestu on HN
Alternatives named
Google search with site:reddit.com or 'reddit' appended.
From 2 comments
This is great and I wish this mentality was pushed earlier on reddit. There was a golden era of reddit right before the great Digg migration. Excellent comments, diverse…
WORMS_EAT_WORMS on HN> I guess what I'm try to say is nothing will beat simply Google searching a topic and typing "reddit" afterwards to query some super insightful and awesome 5+ year old forum…
thomastjeffery on HN
Anvaka's map of reddit and sayit.
From 2 comments
Also worth a look is this fascinating interactive map of reddit [0] from Anvaka [1] [0] https://anvaka.github.io/map-of-reddit [1] https://twitter.com/anvaka
cjlm on HNReddit has some great individual boards, but it's not always easy to find them. This site, as well as others (https://anvaka.github.io/sayit/ comes to mind), is a nice start on…
flenserboy on HN
Suggest-subreddit side project based on subscriptions.
From 1 comment
On a related note, let me shill my side-project: https://nikas.praninskas.com/suggest-subreddit/ It suggests subreddits based on what you're already subscribed to.
nikaspran on HN