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SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
3 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Design: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 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
Useful tool for finding shows
From 2 comments
This is very useful. Thank you for making this. I was going to suggest a dark theme, then I thought why not making one for you (not perfect, but a good place to start):…
dumindaxsb on HNThis is Awesome! I have thought about building something like this, but never found the time. Could you tell us about the tech you used? how did you collect the data? how often…
frankbreetz on HN
Objections
Scores of some niche shows look off due to few reviews
From 1 comment
the 100s from rotten tomatos throw it offf i think. i believe those are probably very niche shows with only a few reviews
flatiron on HN
Netflix and Prime suggestions are invalid outside the US due to content rights
From 1 comment
I like this, but living in the UK the Netflix / Prime Video suggestions are mostly all invalid for me due to different country content rights. If there was the option to pick…
cjdell on HN
Requests
Filter by number of seasons
From 1 comment
Would be great to filter by number of seasons
monkeywork on HN
Search by performer, writer, or director
From 1 comment
One request: allow searches by name/role, e.g. performer/writer/producer/director. For example, when I started to pay attention to these things, I noticed that Greg Daniels…
wcarss on HN
Dark theme
From 1 comment
This is very useful. Thank you for making this. I was going to suggest a dark theme, then I thought why not making one for you (not perfect, but a good place to start):…
dumindaxsb on HN
Show the streaming platform and allow country-specific services
From 2 comments
This is Awesome! I have thought about building something like this, but never found the time. Could you tell us about the tech you used? how did you collect the data? how often…
frankbreetz on HNI like this, but living in the UK the Netflix / Prime Video suggestions are mostly all invalid for me due to different country content rights. If there was the option to pick…
cjdell on HN
Questions
Does the project have an agreement with Rotten Tomatoes?
From 1 comment
Do you have an agreement with Rotten Tomatoes? I believe RT started blocking Justwatch when Justwatch was scraping the RT scores.
eyeinthepyramid on HN
How is the data collected and updated?
From 1 comment
This is Awesome! I have thought about building something like this, but never found the time. Could you tell us about the tech you used? how did you collect the data? how often…
frankbreetz on HN
Alternatives named
Rotten Tomatoes itself
From 2 comments
Have you considered trying to work with Rotten Tomatoes? This kind of functionality should really be built into the site. They actually have top X of each year by category pages,…
nonameiguess on HNOne request: allow searches by name/role, e.g. performer/writer/producer/director. For example, when I started to pay attention to these things, I noticed that Greg Daniels…
wcarss on HN
IMDb
From 1 comment
One request: allow searches by name/role, e.g. performer/writer/producer/director. For example, when I started to pay attention to these things, I noticed that Greg Daniels…
wcarss on HN
JustWatch
From 1 comment
Do you have an agreement with Rotten Tomatoes? I believe RT started blocking Justwatch when Justwatch was scraping the RT scores.
eyeinthepyramid on HN