Marginalia
Consumer and social
web discovery
SHOW HN2022
236points
53comments
#210of 2,570 in 2022
Top 9%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
13 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.
Idea: 9 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, nostalgic way to find quirky small-web sites
From 4 comments
You posted on related topics a few weeks back with your Marginalia projects and I spent an hour browsing your sites. Making the "small web" and its creative weirdness visible…
gillesjacobs on HNThis is really cool. I have 7 tabs of quirky barely known websites open after maybe less than 5 minutes of interacting with Marginalia. This is so much fun!
broahmed on HNThis is really cool, it's like being back in 1998 again when browsing the internet was exciting, bookmarked! I'll be exploring this for a while I think
laputan_machine on HNIt's gem after gem after gem, this is brilliant
joebob42 on HN
Evokes StumbleUpon and channel surfing
From 3 comments
This feels like what StumbleUpon was (a positive correlation :) ) -- would you be willing to add what criteria "similar" is based on in the info box upper left? For example I…
ancientsofmumu on HN> browsing through these random sites you list is indeed a very fun -- and liberating -- experience. thank you for putting this together! Yeah! I really liked the concept too.…
ncpa-cpl on HNIt's awesome! I like most suggestions, it feels a bit like https://wiby.me/surprise but generally less weird. I've often wanted to have a go at making my own search engine, and I…
MayeulC on HN
Objections
Preview screenshots often do not match the linked pages
From 2 comments
At three of the four links I've clicked the page doesn't match preview at all. How often do you update previews?
ComodoHacker on HNI don’t get it - I clicked on about 10 sites and none of them look anything like the screenshot picture?
gbuk2013 on HN
Cloudflare DDoS protection delays access
From 1 comment
I almost kinda didn't bother because of the cloudflare DDoS protection. I know that can be petty, but I wouldn't have waited if it was from a Google results page for example.
was_a_dev on HN
Requests
Explain the criteria used for 'similar' domains
From 1 comment
This feels like what StumbleUpon was (a positive correlation :) ) -- would you be willing to add what criteria "similar" is based on in the info box upper left? For example I…
ancientsofmumu on HN
Support for Gemini, Gopher and other protocols
From 1 comment
The <h1> banner is "Search the internet" but are we only searching www servers. Can we use marginalia.nu to search for servers offering other protocols like ftp.
1vuio0pswjnm7 on HN
Centered layout instead of left-aligned
From 1 comment
Feels pretty cool, more like the traditional internet. After a few minutes I found, that I would prefer a page that is not left-aligned, something like ``` #article { margin: 0…
arendtio on HN
Questions
Will the source code be shared?
From 1 comment
A couple of questions: 1. Are you accepting collaborators? 2. do you have any plans to share the source? I'd love to contribute somehow, either a) by donating some of my time and…
20after4 on HN
Does it handle non-English sites?
From 1 comment
It's awesome! I like most suggestions, it feels a bit like https://wiby.me/surprise but generally less weird. I've often wanted to have a go at making my own search engine, and I…
MayeulC on HN
Alternatives named
StumbleUpon
From 2 comments
This feels like what StumbleUpon was (a positive correlation :) ) -- would you be willing to add what criteria "similar" is based on in the info box upper left? For example I…
ancientsofmumu on HN> browsing through these random sites you list is indeed a very fun -- and liberating -- experience. thank you for putting this together! Yeah! I really liked the concept too.…
ncpa-cpl on HN
Delicious Bookmarks
From 1 comment
> This feels like what StumbleUpon was (a positive correlation :) Also like Delicious Bookmarks in it's heyday.
webmaven on HN
wiby.me surprise
From 1 comment
It's awesome! I like most suggestions, it feels a bit like https://wiby.me/surprise but generally less weird. I've often wanted to have a go at making my own search engine, and I…
MayeulC on HN