Straw.page
Web and SaaS
website builder
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
26 positive, 35 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 13 critical, out of 75 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Design: 18 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clearly states what the product does
From 1 comment
"Straw.Page lets you create unique websites straight from your phone. A drag and drop website builder that works on mobile." It clearly tells me what the product does unlike many…
stunt on HN
Objections
Site repeatedly went down with 502 errors under HN traffic
From 4 comments
Got to admit a "502 Bad Gateway" is not the most professional thing ever ;)
drcursor on HNDown again! Very unprofessional. Well done
animal_spirits on HNAnd down again
epse on HNWell, I would agree on that. I get a white page , a horizontal line and this content: 502 Bad Gateway nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu)
yawaworht1978 on HN
Repeated deleting and reposting violates HN guidelines
From 3 comments
You had a big Show HN with this project a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29270909, as well as 15 other submissions:…
dang on HNThat argument might hold some water if you hadn't been blatantly abusing the submission system and violating the site guidelines. From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html:…
dang on HNYou only made the front page with this post because you abused the deletion system badly, along with using a baity title. I was willing to let the latter pass when I first saw…
dang on HN
Analytics numbers shown on page appear fabricated
From 1 comment
> 420 page views > 5 somaliland Guessing the stats are fabricated
hereforphone on HN
Requests
Add more retro elements like blinking text, under construction sign, and marquee
From 4 comments
It ain't unprofessional until there's blinking text.
pseudolus on HNMissing the "under construction" picture
rvba on HNYou are missing the "Under Construction" and flame gifs. To me, those defined the early era. Those were truly the mark of unprofessionalism.
protomyth on HNWow, that is horrible. The only thing missing is a _blink_ tag.
commandlinefan on HN
Make it easier to use on desktop
From 1 comment
I really love this! Any plans to make it a bit easier to use on desktop? I'd love to build my personal website on this, just like GeoCities back in the day.
zachkatz on HN
Questions
What is the conversion rate?
From 1 comment
What's the conversion rate on that baby?
lbj on HN
Why does the site look unprofessional?
From 1 comment
How unprofessional is it? Can you guarantee that i will lose customers if i use it? How many will i lose? How am i supposed to trust this service, it's so doesnt look very…
cblconfederate on HN
Alternatives named
Neocities
From 1 comment
https://neocities.org is a fun one.
kgwxd on HN
Brutalist Websites
From 1 comment
Quite a few examples of this aesthetic can be found on Brutalist Websites[0]. (Be forewarned, the Brutalist Websites site itself is brutal in a different way: it tries to load…
csnover on HN